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title: מִקְוֶה — collection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְוֶה (lemma:מִקְוֶה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: collection. BDB 1906: collection, collected. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְוֶה

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«מִקְוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collection** — 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:** lemma:מִקְוֶה · **BDB:** מִקְוֶה²

### Glosses

(the).collecting.place (1); a.collecting.place (1); place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e7_5b0_5d5_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

collection, collected [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e7_5b0_5d5_5b6_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] collection, collected mass (P);—cstr. מִקְוֵה Gn 1:10 (מִקְוֶה also v 9, for מָקוֹם, according to 𝔊 Ball), Ex 7:19; Lv 11:36, all of water.—מ׳ 1 K 10:28(×2) = מִקְוֵא 2 Ch 1:16 (company of merchants; drove of horses), v. קֹוֶה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e7_5b0_5d5_5b6_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.36/)

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אַ֣ךְ מַעְיָ֥ן וּב֛וֹר מִקְוֵה־מַ֖יִם יִהְיֶ֣ה טָה֑וֹר וְנֹגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם יִטְמָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless a.spring and a.cistern a.collecting.place of.water it.will.be pure and \[one.who\].touches (in) carcass their he.will.be.unclean

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless a fountain or a cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean; but he who toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

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[Genesis 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.10/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה הַמַּ֖יִם קָרָ֣א יַמִּ֑ים וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* and he.called God (to).the dry land earth and.(to) the.collecting place of the.waters he.called seas and he.saw God (dm).that \[it.was\].good

*JPS 1917:* And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.

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