מִכְסֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4372

covering — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

covering tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִכְסֶה: covering tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] covering;—מ׳ Ex 26:14; 36:19; cstr. מִכְסֵה Gn 8:13 + 10 times; sf. מִכְסֵהוּ Ex 35:11 + 2 times;— covering of the ark, deck-roof (𝔊 στέγη) Gn 8:13 (J). of the skins of the tent of meeting Ex 26:14(×2); 35:11; 36:19(×2); 39:34(×2); 40:19 Nu 3:25; 4:8, 10, 11, 12, 25(×2) (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a covering (8); the covering (5); covering (3).

In the verses

Exodus 26:14 · tree →

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃פ

Word for word: and you.will.make a.covering for the tent hides of.rams dyed.red and a.covering of.skins of.dolphins from to above

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.

Exodus 36:19 · tree →

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵלִ֖ים מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ס

Word for word: and he.made a.covering for the tent hides of.rams dyed.red and a.covering of.skins of.dolphins from to above

JPS 1917: And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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