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מִפְתָּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4670

threshold — used 8 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

threshold tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִפְתָּן²: threshold tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] threshold (cf. NH פָּתִין cross-beam;? Arabic فَيْتَنٌ carpenter);—abs. מ׳ 1 S 5:4; Zp 1:9; cstr. מִפְתַּן דָּגוֹן 1 S 5:5, מ׳ הַבַּיִת Ez 9:3; 10:4, 18; 47:1, מ׳ הַשַּׁעַר 46:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the threshold (6); threshold (2).

In the verses

Ezekiel 10:18 · tree →

וַיֵּצֵא֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־הַכְּרוּבִֽים׃

Word for word: and it.went.out the.glory of.Yahweh from at the.threshold of the.house and it.stood.still above the cherubim

JPS 1917: And the glory of the LORD went forth from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

1 Samuel 5:5 · tree →

עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יִדְרְכוּ֩ כֹהֲנֵ֨י דָג֜וֹן וְכָֽל־הַבָּאִ֧ים בֵּית־דָּג֛וֹן עַל־מִפְתַּ֥ן דָּג֖וֹן בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס

Word for word: therefore not they.tread the.priests of.Dagon and all [those who].go the.house of.Dagon on the.threshold of.Dagon in Ashdod until the day (the) this

JPS 1917: Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

On Mova

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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