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title: תְּכוּנָה — arrangement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּכוּנָה (8498), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: arrangement. BDB 1906: n.f. arrangement, preparation, fixed place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּכוּנָה

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«תְּכוּנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **arrangement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8498 · **BDB:** תְּכוּנָה

### Glosses

arrangement (1); place (1); supply (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

arrangement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8498/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. arrangement, preparation, fixed place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8498/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. arrangement, preparation, fixed place;— arrangement, disposition תְּכוּנָתוֹ Ez 43:11, i.e. the arrangement of the house (del. Co with 𝔊 codd.) preparation, וְאֵין קַצֶה לַתְּכוּנָה Na 2:10 and no end to the preparation (i.e. things prepared, supply, store). fixed place, i.e. dwelling-place, of God (= מָכוֹן) תְּכוּנָתוֹ Jb 23:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּכוּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8498/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.3/)

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מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* who? will.he.give I.knew and I will.find.him I.will.come to place his

*JPS 1917:* Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

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[Nahum 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.10/)

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בֹּ֥זּוּ כֶ֖סֶף בֹּ֣זּוּ זָהָ֑ב וְאֵ֥ין קֵ֙צֶה֙ לַתְּכוּנָ֔ה כָּבֹ֕ד מִכֹּ֖ל כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* plunder silver plunder gold and there.\[is\].not an.end to the supply abundance from every article of.preciousness

*JPS 1917:* Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, rich with all precious vessels.

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