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# מֶלֶט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4423

**mortar** — 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

mortar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶ֫לֶט: mortar, cement [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mortar, cement (etym. dub.; Aramaic ܡܠܳܛܳܐ id., whence Arabic مِلَاطٌ Frä10);—Je 43:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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: mortar (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 43:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.43.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.43.9/#tree)

קַ֣ח בְּיָדְךָ֞ אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֗וֹת וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּפֶ֥תַח בֵּית־פַּרְעֹ֖ה בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס לְעֵינֵ֖י אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יְהוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* take in hand your stones large and you will.hide.them in the mortar in the brick-terrace which \[is\].at the.entrance of.the.house of.Pharaoh in Tahpanhes to.\[the\] eyes of.\[the\].people Judeans

*JPS 1917:* 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4423.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/): 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).