מְעֹנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4585

den — used 9 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

den tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְעֹנָה²: n.f. habitation tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. habitation; den, lair of wild beasts: of כְּפִיר, מְעֹנָתוֹ Am 3:4, so pl. abs. מְעוֹנוֹת Jb 38:40 (‖ סֻכָּה), sf. מְעוֹנֹתָם ψ 104:22; cstr. מְעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת Ct 4:8; מְעֹנֹתָיו Na 2:13 (‖ חֹרָיו; of אַרְיֵה, fig. of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in gen., בִּמְעוֹנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Jb 37:8 (‖ אָ֑רֶב); so appar. fig. of men, hunted by י׳, מְעוֹנוֹתֵינוּ Je 21:13, fig. also of י׳ dwelling in temple, sg. sf., מְעוֹנָתוֹ בְּצִיּוֹן ψ 76:3 (‖ סוּכּוֹ). fig. מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Dt 33:27 the ancient God is a refuge (for his people; cf. i. מָעוֹן 3).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 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: dens (5); den (2); [is] a hiding place (1).

In the verses

Job 37:8 · tree →

וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

Word for word: and it.went an.animal in a.lair and in dens its it.dwells

JPS 1917: Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

Job 38:40 · tree →

כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

Word for word: (dm) they.will.crouch in (the) dens they.will.remain in (the) thicket for lying-in-wait

JPS 1917: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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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