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# מַבּוּעַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4002

**spring** — 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

spring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַבּוּעַ²: spring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spring of water (Assyrian nambaʾu DlHWB 442, Arabic مَنْبَعٌ, Syriac ܡܰܒܽܘܥ );—abs. מ׳ Ec 12:6; pl. cstr. מַבּעֵי מַיִם Is 35:7; 49:10 (for returning exiles).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: become\] (into) springs (1); spring (1); springs (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 35:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.7/#tree)

וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become the.parched ground (into).a pool and thirsty.ground \[will become\].(into).springs of.water \[will be\].in.a.habitation of.jackals place its.resting herbage \[will become\].(into).reed\[s\] and papyrus

*JPS 1917:* And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes.

[Isaiah 49:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.10/#tree)

לֹ֤א יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִצְמָ֔אוּ וְלֹא־יַכֵּ֥ם שָׁרָ֖ב וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּי־מְרַחֲמָ֣ם יְנַהֲגֵ֔ם וְעַל־מַבּ֥וּעֵי מַ֖יִם יְנַהֲלֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* not they.will.be.hungry and not they.will.be.thirsty and not it will.strike.them burning.heat and sun (dm) \[one who\].has.compassion.on.them he will.guide.them and to springs of.water he will.lead.them

*JPS 1917:* They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for He that hath compassion on them will lead them, even by the springs of water will He guide them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4002.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/): 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).