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# מַחְמָל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4263

**thing pitied** — 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

thing pitied [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4263/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחְמָל: thing pitied, object of compassion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4263/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thing pitied, object of compassion, only cstr. מַחְמַד עיניכם וּמַחְמַל נַפְשְׁכֶם Ez 24:21 object of your eyes’ desire, and of your soul’s compassion.

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 (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: the love (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 24:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.21/#tree)

אֱמֹ֣ר ׀ לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנְנִ֨י מְחַלֵּ֤ל אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁי֙ גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֔ם מַחְמַ֥ד עֵֽינֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַחְמַ֣ל נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֧ם וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲזַבְתֶּ֖ם בַּחֶ֥רֶב יִפֹּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* say to the.house of.Israel thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].about.to.profane (et) sanctuary my the.pride your.strength your the.desire your.eyes your and the.love your.being your and sons your and daughters your whom you.have.left by the sword they.will.fall

*JPS 1917:* Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4263.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4263/): 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).