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# מוֹפֵת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4159

**wonder** — used 36 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

wonder [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹפֵת: n.m. wonder, sign, portent [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מֹאפֵת)—מוֹפֵת Ex 7:9 + 14 times; מוֹפֶתְכֶם Ez 12:11; מוֹפְתִים Dt 4:34 + 4 times; מֹפְתִים Dt 6:22 + 9 times; מוֹפְתַי Ex 7:3; 11:9; מוֹפְתָיו ψ 78:43; מֹפְתָיו 1 Ch 16:12 ψ 105:5— wonder, as special display of God’s power Ex 7:3; 11:9 ψ 105:5 1 Ch 16:12 Jo 3:3; by Moses and Aaron Ex 4:21; 11:10 cf. 7:9 (in mouth of Pharaoh), by false proph. Dt 13:2, 3 (‖ אות); usually ‖ אות Dt 4:34; 6:22; 7:19; 26:8; 29:2; 34:11 ψ 78:43; 105:27; 135:9 Je 32:20, 21 Ne 9:10; applied to effect of Yahweh’s curse Dt 28:46 (‖ אות); to one protected by י׳ ψ 71:7. sign or token of future event (cf. אוֹת) 1 K 13:3(×2), 5 2 Ch 32:24, 31; symbolic act Is 20:3 (‖ אות); as such the term is applied to persons Is 8:18 (‖ אות) Ez 12:6, 11; 24:24, 27; cf. אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Zc 3:8 men who serve as a symbol or sign.—Vb. used, of divine act, is נתן Ex 7:9 etc., שׂים Je 32:20; שׂים also of entrusting to human power Ex 4:21, cf. דִּבֶּר 1 K 13:3; of human agency עשׂה Ex 4:21; 11:10, נתן 1 K 13:3, 5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 3 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: wonders (17); sign (5); a sign (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 71:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.7/#tree)

כְּ֭מוֹפֵת הָיִ֣יתִי לְרַבִּ֑ים וְ֝אַתָּ֗ה מַֽחֲסִי־עֹֽז׃

*Word for word:* like a.portent I.have.become for many.\[people\] and you refuge \[are\].my of.strength

*JPS 1917:* I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge.

[1 Chronicles 16:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.12/#tree)

זִכְר֗וּ נִפְלְאֹתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה מֹפְתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי־פִֽיהוּ׃

*Word for word:* remember wonders his which he.has.done signs his and the.judgments his.mouth his

*JPS 1917:* Remember His marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4159.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/): 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).