[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%96%D7%94/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [מ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/mem/)‎ / מַחֲזֶה‎

# מַחֲזֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4236

**vision** — used 4 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

vision [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲזֶה: vision [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] vision—abs. מ׳ Gn 15:1; cstr. מַחֲזֵה Nu 24:4, 16 Ez 13:7;—vision, in the ecstatic state מַחֲזֵה שָׁוְא (‖ מִקְסַם כָּזָב) Ez 13:7 of the false prophets; מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי Nu 24:4, 16 (JE; poems of Balaam); הָיָה דְבַר י׳ אֶל־אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה Gn 15:1 (R) the word of י׳ came unto Abram in a vision.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (2 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Numbers 24:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.4/#tree)

נְאֻ֕ם שֹׁמֵ֖עַ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַחֲזֵ֤ה שַׁדַּי֙ יֶֽחֱזֶ֔ה נֹפֵ֖ל וּגְל֥וּי עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.utterance of.\[one.who\].hears the.words of.God who (the).vision of.\[the\].Almighty he.sees \[who\].falls.down and \[who.is\].uncovered of.eyes

*JPS 1917:* The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

[Numbers 24:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.16/#tree)

נְאֻ֗ם שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֔ל וְיֹדֵ֖עַ דַּ֣עַת עֶלְי֑וֹן מַחֲזֵ֤ה שַׁדַּי֙ יֶֽחֱזֶ֔ה נֹפֵ֖ל וּגְל֥וּי עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.utterance of.\[one.who\].hears the.words of.God and \[one.who\].knows the.knowledge of.the.Most.High \[one.who\].(the).vision of.\[the\].Almighty he.sees \[who\].falls.down and \[who.is\].uncovered of.eyes

*JPS 1917:* The saying of him who heareth the words of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4236.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/): 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).