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# מַחֲבַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4227

**flat plate** — used 5 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

flat plate [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲבַת: n.f. flat plate, pan griddle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flat plate, pan, or griddle for baking, only P and late; abs. מ׳ Lv 2:5 + 2 times; מַחֲבַ֑ת Lv 7:9; cstr. מַחֲבַת Ez 4:3;— used in preparing the (baken) mincha, preceded by עַל־ Lv 2:5; 6:14; 7:9 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 23:29. מ׳ בַּרְזֶל Ez 4:3 a plate of iron, signifying an iron wall, in prediction of siege of city.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a baking tray (3); cake (1); tray (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 2:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.5/#tree)

וְאִם־מִנְחָ֥ה עַל־הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן מַצָּ֥ה תִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if \[is\].a.grain.offering on the.baking tray present your fine.flour mixed with (the) oil unleavened.bread(s) it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* And if thy offering be a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

[Leviticus 6:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.14/#tree)

עַֽל־מַחֲבַ֗ת בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן תֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה מֻרְבֶּ֣כֶת תְּבִיאֶ֑נָּה תֻּפִינֵי֙ מִנְחַ֣ת פִּתִּ֔ים תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* on a.baking.tray with (the) oil it.will.be.made mixed.\[dough\] you will.bring.it broken.pieces of.a.grain.offering of.crumbs you.will.present an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4227.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/): 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).