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# מַחְסֶּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4268

**refuge** — used 20 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

refuge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחְסֶה: n.m. refuge, shelter [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 14:26 refuge, shelter;—abs. מַ׳ Jb 24:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסֶה ψ 46:2 + 2 times; cstr. מַחְסֵּה Is 28:17; sf. מַחְסִּי ψ 62:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסִי ψ 71:7 Je 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ ψ 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Is 28:15;—shelter: from rain and storm Is 4:6; 25:4; Jb 24:8. from danger סְלָעִים מַחְסֶּה לַשְׁפַנִּים rocks a refuge for conies ψ 104:18; מחסה כזב refuge of falsehood Is 28:17; כזב מחסנוּ falsehood our refuge Is 28:15; elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people ψ 14:6; 46:2; 61:4; 62:8, 9; 71:7; 73:28; 91:2, 9; 94:22; 142:6; Pr 14:26; Je 17:17; Jo 4:16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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: refuge (10); \[is\] a refuge (2); a refuge (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 14:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.6/#tree)

עֲצַת־עָנִ֥י תָבִ֑ישׁוּ כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].plan of.\[the\].poor you.will.put.to.shame (dm) Yahweh refuge \[is\].his

*JPS 1917:* Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

[Psalms 91:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.9/#tree)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן שַׂ֣מְתָּ מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you Yahweh refuge my the.Most.High you.have.made place your.dwelling

*JPS 1917:* For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4268.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/): 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).