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title: מִפְעָל — work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְעָל (lemma:מִפְעָל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: work. BDB 1906: work, thing made. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְעָל

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«מִפְעָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **work** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:מִפְעָל · **BDB:** מִפְעָל²

### Glosses

the.works (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e2_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

work, thing made [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e2_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] work, thing made (by י׳);—pl. sf. מִפְעָלָיו Pr 8:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְעָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e2_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 46:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.9/)

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לְֽכוּ־חֲ֭זוּ מִפְעֲל֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֖ם שַׁמּ֣וֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* come see the.works of.Yahweh who he.has.appointed desolations on the earth

*JPS 1917:* Come, behold the works of the LORD, who hath made desolations in the earth.

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[Psalms 66:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.5/)

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לְכ֣וּ וּ֭רְאוּ מִפְעֲל֣וֹת אֱלֹהִ֑ים נוֹרָ֥א עֲ֝לִילָ֗ה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* come and see the.works of.God awesome deed on the.children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

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