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# מָכוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4349

**fixed place** — used 17 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

fixed place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4349/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָכוֹן: n.m. fixed established place, foundation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4349/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 8, 11 fixed or established place, foundation (chiefly poet.);—abs. מ׳ Ex 15:17 + 2 times; cstr. מְכוֹן 1 K 8:39 + 10 times; sf. מְכוֹנִי Is 18:4, מְכוֹנוֹ Ezr 2:68; pl. sf. מְכוֹנֶיהָ ψ 104:5;— fixed place of י׳’s abode on earth Ex 15:17 (song), 1 K 8:13 = 2 Ch 6:2 (poet. fragm.: v. 𝔊 and DrIntr. 182); = place, or site of God’s house Ezr 2:68; כָּל־מְכוֹן הַר־צִיּוֹן Is 4:5, appar. = all the extent of Mt. Zion; redund. (si vera l.) וְהֻשְׁלַךְ מְכוֹן מִקְדָּשׁוֹ Dn 8:11 and the place of his sanctuary shall be thrown down (on difficulties of v., see Bev); of heavens מְכוֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ 1 K 8:39, 43, 49 = 2 Ch 6:30, 33, 39, cf. ψ 33:14; מְכוֹנִי alone Is 18:4; fig. צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ ψ 89:15, so 97:2. foundation, only pl., poet. יָסַד אֶרֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶיהָ ψ 104:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the place (9); a place (3); place (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 33:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.14/#tree)

מִֽמְּכוֹן־שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ אֶ֖ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* from the.place of his.dwelling he.gazes to all the.inhabitants of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

[Psalms 104:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.5/#tree)

יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

*Word for word:* he.established \[the\].earth on foundations its not it.will.be.shaken forever and ever

*JPS 1917:* Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4349.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4349/): 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).