מַפְתֵּחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4668

key — used 3 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

key tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַפְתֵּחַ²: n.m. key tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. key (opening instrument);—מ׳ abs. Ju 3:25; 1 Ch 9:27; cstr. Is 22:22 (fig.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: key (2); the key (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 22:22 · tree →

וְנָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית־דָּוִ֖ד עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וּפָתַח֙ וְאֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְסָגַ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ׃

Word for word: and I.will.put the.key of.the.house of.David on shoulder his and he.will.open and there.[will].not.[be] [one.who].shuts and he.will.shut and there.[will].not.[be] [one.who].opens

JPS 1917: And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

1 Chronicles 9:27 · tree →

וּסְבִיב֥וֹת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת וְהֵ֥ם עַל־הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

Word for word: and around the.house of.(the) God they.spent.the.night (dm) [was].on them a.duty and they [were].over the key and to the morning to the morning

JPS 1917: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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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