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# מוֹקְדָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4169

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

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

hearth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹקְדָה: n.f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hearth (= place of burning), only of 3, the plate or top of altar, on which burnt-offering was laid and consumed, הִוא הָעוֹלָה עַל מ׳ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 6:2 (sq. וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ).

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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Leviticus 6:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.2/#tree)

צַ֤ו אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָעֹלָ֑ה הִ֣וא הָעֹלָ֡ה עַל֩ מוֹקְדָ֨ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וְאֵ֥שׁ הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ תּ֥וּקַד בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* command (et) Aaron and (et) sons his (cmp) this \[is\].the.legal.\[procedure\] of the.burnt.offering it the.burnt offering \[will.be\].on \[the\].hearth on the altar all the night until the morning and the.fire of the.altar it.will.burn on it

*JPS 1917:* Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt-offering: it is that which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereby.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/): 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).