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# מְדוּרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4071

**pile** — used 2 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

pile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְדוּרָה: n.f. pile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pile (of wood, etc.) מ׳ Ez 24:9; מְדֻרָתָהּ אֵשׁ ועצים הרבה Is 30:33 = pyre (so Ges Hi De Che Brd; Ew Di its circuit, compass).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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: pile (2).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 24:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.9/#tree)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה א֖וֹי עִ֣יר הַדָּמִ֑ים גַּם־אֲנִ֖י אַגְדִּ֥יל הַמְּדוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh woe! the.city of.(the) blood(s) also I I.will.make.great the.wood pile

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great,

[Isaiah 30:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.33/#tree)

כִּֽי־עָר֤וּךְ מֵֽאֶתְמוּל֙ תָּפְתֶּ֔ה גַּם־הִ֛יא לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הוּכָ֖ן הֶעְמִ֣יק הִרְחִ֑ב מְדֻרָתָ֗הּ אֵ֤שׁ וְעֵצִים֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה נִשְׁמַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ כְּנַ֣חַל גָּפְרִ֔ית בֹּעֲרָ֖ה בָּֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) \[has.been\].arranged from yesterday a.place.of.burning also it for the king it.has.been.prepared someone.has.made.\[it\].deep someone.has.made.\[it\].large pile its.wood fire and wood(s) \[is\].much the.breath of.Yahweh like a.torrent of.sulfur \[is\].about.to.burn (in) it

*JPS 1917:* For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/): 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).