מִכְלָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4356

enclosure — 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

enclosure tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִכְלָה: enclosure, fold tree →

The whole BDB entry

(incorrect for מכלא) n.[m.] enclosure, fold;—גָּזַר מִמּ׳ צֹאן Hb 3:17; pl. cstr. לקח מִמִּכְלְאֹת צֹאן ψ 78:70 (obj. David); pl. sf. לקח מִמִּכְלְאֹתֶיךָ 50:9 (obj. he-goats).—ii. מִכְלָה v. sub כלה.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: folds (2); fold (1).

In the verses

Psalms 50:9 · tree →

לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃

Word for word: not I.will.accept from household your a.young.bull from folds your goats

JPS 1917: I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

Psalms 78:70 · tree →

וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃

Word for word: and he.chose (in) David servant his and he took.him from.[the] folds of.sheep

JPS 1917: He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

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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