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# מִמְשַׁח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4473

**cherub of expansion** — 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

cherub of expansion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4473/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dub.; only in כְּרוּב מִמְשַׁח הַסּוֹכֵךְ Ez 28:14 cherub of expansion (then cf. Assyrian mašâhu, measure, Aramaic מְשַׁח id., etc.) that covereth, after 𝔙 cherub extentus (far-reaching wings), “far-covering cherub,” Ew (Or “umspannender”); the anointed cherub that covereth, AV RV, so Hä. Co thinks gloss, and reads אֶת־כְּרוּב נְתַתִּיךָ text dub. according to SiegfKau SS Buhl Berthol.

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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of expansion (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 28:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/#tree)

אַ֨תְּ־כְּר֔וּב מִמְשַׁ֖ח הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ בְּהַ֨ר קֹ֤דֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ הָיִ֔יתָ בְּת֥וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵ֖שׁ הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* you \[were\].a.cherub of.expansion \[which\] covers and I appointed.you on the.mountain of.the.holiness of.God you.were in the.middle of.stones of.fire you.walked.about

*JPS 1917:* Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4473/): 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).