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title: מֹורֶה — teacher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹורֶה (lemma:מֹורֶה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: teacher. BDB 1906: n.m. teacher. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹורֶה

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«מֹורֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **teacher** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:מֹורֶה · **BDB:** מוֹרֶה²

### Glosses

teachers (2); \[is\].a.teacher (1); my.teachers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

teacher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5d5_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. teacher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5d5_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 30, 20 teacher;—abs. in אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה Gn 12:6 (J) = אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶה Dt 11:30 (Sam 𝔊 אֵלוֹן), the teacher’s terebinth (see אֵלוֹן) near Shechem; cf. גִּבְעַת הַמּוֹרֶה Ju 7:1 teacher’s hill near the plain of Jezreel, prob. Little Hermon, Nebî Daḥî BdPal. 244; the terebinth being a holy tree from which divine teaching was given, and the hill of the teacher the seat of a holy place whence divine teaching was given; see also (of God) Jb 36:22; here belong prob. likewise מוֹרָ֑י Pr 5:13, and מוֹרֶיךָ Is 30:20(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹורֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5d5_5e8_5b6_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.22/)

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הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* there! God he.is.exalted in power his who? like him \[is\].a.teacher

*JPS 1917:* Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?

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[Proverbs 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.13/)

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וְֽלֹא־שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי בְּק֣וֹל מוֹרָ֑י וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י לֹא־הִטִּ֥יתִי אָזְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and not I.listened to the.voice my.teachers my and to \[those who\].taught.me not I.inclined ear my

*JPS 1917:* Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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