מְחוּגָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4230
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
circle-instrument tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מְחוּגָה: n.f. circle-instrument, compass tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. circle-instrument, compass, used by carvers of idols וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתָֽאֳרֵ֑הוּ Is 44:13.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: compass (1).
In the verses
חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃
Word for word: a.craftsman of.wood(s) he.stretches.out a.measuring-line he outlines.it with (the) marker he works.it with.(the) scraping tools and with (the) compass he outlines.it and he made.it like.[the] form of.a.man like.[the] beauty of.a.man to dwell a.house
JPS 1917: The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.
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