מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4763

place at the head — used 10 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

place at the head tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְרַאֲשׁוֹת²: pl. denom. place at the head, head-place tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.]pl. denom. place at the head, head-place;—only sf. מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו as adv. at his head-place (of one lying down) Gn 28:11, 18 (E), 1 S 19:13, 16; 1 K 19:6; so Qr 1 S 26:7, 11, 16 (Kt מראשׁתו); in v 12 read מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו 𝔊 We Dr HPS, for MT מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל; מַרְאֲשׁוֹתֵיכֶם Je 13:18 (head-tires AVm RV), read מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם, from your heads, 𝔅 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Buhl CoHpt (cf., already, Thes).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of his head (3); place of his head (3); of its head (1).

In the verses

1 Samuel 19:16 · tree →

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃

Word for word: and they.came the messengers and there! the teraphim [was].to the bed and the.quilt of.(the) goat.hair(s) place.of.its.head [was].the

JPS 1917: And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.

Jeremiah 13:18 · tree →

אֱמֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ שֵׁ֑בוּ כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃

Word for word: say to the king and to the queen-mother make.low sit (dm) it.has.come.down of.your.head the.place the.crown your.splendor your

JPS 1917: Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; for your headtires are come down, even your beautiful crown.'

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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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