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# מַדְבַּח

Biblical Aramaic

**altar** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

altar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d3_5b0_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַדְבַּח: altar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d3_5b0_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] altar;—emph. מַדְבְּחָא Ezr 7:17.

### Jastrow 1903

מַדְבַּח: altar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d3_5b0_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (דְּבַח) = h. מִזְבֵּחַ, altar. Targ. Josh. XXII, 10. Targ. Gen. XII, 8; a. fr.—Zeb. 54ᵃ רב מתרגם באחסנתיה יתבני מ׳ Rab translated (ובן כתפיו שכן, Deut. XXXIII, 12) on his possession shall the altar be built; a. e.—Pl. מַדְבְּחִין, מַדְבָּחַיָּיא; fem. מַדְבְּחָתָא. Targ. O. Num. XXIII, 1; 4; a. e.—Targ. Ps. LXXXIV, 4.—משקי בי (בית) מדבחייא liquids used on the altar (wine, oil), contrad. to משקי בי מטבחייא liquids of the slaughtering place (blood, water). Pes. 17ᵃ (ref. to Eduy. VIII, 4); Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 7 (ed. Zuck. מט׳).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d3_5b0_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d3_5b0_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d7/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).