מְצוֹלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4688

depth — used 12 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

depth tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְצוֹלָה²: n.f. depth, deep tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. depth, deep;—abs. מְצוּלָה Jb 41:23 +; pl. abs. מְצוֹלֹת Ex 15:5; Ne 9:11, מְצֹלוֹת ψ 88:7; cstr. מְצוּלוֹת Zc 10:11, מְצֻלוֹת Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23;—depth, pl. מ׳ יָם depths of the sea Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23; abs. Ex 15:5 (of Red Sea) Ne 9:11 (id.); fig. of deep distress ψ 88:7 (‖ בּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת); מ׳ יְאֹר Zc 10:11 (i.e. of Nile); sg. = the deep sea, deep, ψ 107:24; Jon 2:4; Jb 41:23 (in hyperb. descript. of crocodile); depth of marsh, swamp, בִּיוֵן מ׳ ψ 69:3 in mire of (the) depth, fig. of distress (‖ מַעֲמַקֵּי־מַיִם), cf. מ׳ alone v 16 (‖ בְּאֵר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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: depths (5); [the] deep (3); deep (1).

In the verses

Exodus 15:5 · tree →

תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃

Word for word: the.deeps they have.covered.them they.went.down in.[the] depths like a.stone

JPS 1917: The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.

Psalms 88:7 · tree →

שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

Word for word: you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.[the] dark.places in.[the] depths

JPS 1917: Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

On Mova

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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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