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title: מַעֲכָה — Maachah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲכָה (lemma:מַעֲכָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Maachah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m., et gent. n.pr.m. n.pr.f. n.pr.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲכָה

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«מַעֲכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maachah** — 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:מַעֲכָה · **BDB:** מַעֲכָה

### Glosses

of.Maacah (2); Maacah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maachah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5db_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m., et gent. n.pr.m. n.pr.f. n.pr.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5db_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m., f. et gent. n.pr.m. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα: son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Gn 22:22 (J), ancestor of people v. 3. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1 Ch 11:43. Simeonite name 1 Ch 27:16. father of Achish 1 K 2:39 (v. מָעוֹךְ supra). n.pr.f. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.: Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 S 3:3=1 Ch 3:2. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1 K 15:2; 2 Ch 11:20, 21, 22; read also מ׳ 2 Ch 13:2 (so 𝔊 𝔖) for MT מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty v. Be Öt, and cf. c). mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1 K 15:10, cf. v 13=2 Ch 15:16, (on this difficulty v. Th Kmp in Kau). concubine of Caleb according to 1 Ch 2:48. wife of Machir 1 Ch 7:16, cf. v 15 (corrupt, v. Be). f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Ch 8:29; 9:35. n.pr.gent., 𝔊 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling W. of Bashan, near Ṣoba, and Geshur (cf. especially adj. gent. infr.), 2 S 10:6, 8=1 Ch 19:7, אֲרַם מ׳ v 6 (cf. Gn 22:24 supr.);=מַעֲכָת Jos 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), 𝔊 ὁ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι.—אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה v. sub בַּיִת, p. 112 supr., and אָבֵל, p. 5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5db_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.8/)

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וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ מִלְחָמָ֖ה פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַאֲרַ֨מ צוֹבָ֤א אֲרַ֨מ צוֹבָ֤א וּרְחוֹב֙ וְאִֽישׁ־ט֣וֹב וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה לְבַדָּ֖ם בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.went.out the.people of.Ammon and they.deployed battle the.entrance of the.gate and Aram Zobah and Rehob and the.man of.Tob and Maacah \[were\] they alone in the.open country

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Arameans of Zobah, and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

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[1 Chronicles 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.19.7/)

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וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּ לָהֶ֡ם שְׁנַיִם֩ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֜לֶף רֶ֗כֶב וְאֶת־מֶ֤לֶךְ מַעֲכָה֙ וְאֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י מֵידְבָ֑א וּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariot\[s\] and (et) the.king of.Maacah and (et) people his and they.came and they.encamped before Medeba and the.people of.Ammon they.gathered from cities their and they.came for (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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