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title: מַרְאָה — mirror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְאָה (lemma:מַרְאָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mirror. BDB 1906: n.f. mirror. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְאָה

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«מַרְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mirror** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מַרְאָה · **BDB:** מַרְאָה²

### Glosses

the.mirrors (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mirror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. mirror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. mirror (so Vrss; as place, or instrument, of seeing (oneself));—pl. cstr. מַרְאֹת הַצֹּבְאֹת Ex 38:8 (P) the mirrors of the serving-women (v. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.8/)

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וַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת כַּנּ֣וֹ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת֙ הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽבְא֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.made (et) the laver bronze and (et) base its bronze with the.mirrors of the.serving.\[women\] who they.served the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

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