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# מִסְפֵּד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4553

**wailing** — used 16 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

wailing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִסְפֵּד²: n.m. wailing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 50:10 wailing;—abs. מ׳ Am 5:16 + 11 times; cstr. מִסְפַּד Mi 1:11 + 2 times; sf. מִסְפְּדִי ψ 30:12;—wailing: for dead, Gn 50:10 (J; as acc. cogn.), Zc 12:10 (c. עַל־ cf. v 11(×2) infr.). for calamity experienced Am 5:16(×2) (‖ אֵבֶל), v 17 Mi 1:8 (מ׳ כַּתַּנִּים, ‖ אֵבֶל), v 11 Je 48:38 Ez 27:31, anticipated Je 6:26 Est 4:3. in contrition Is 22:12 (+ בְּכִי), Jo 2:12 (+ צוֹם, בְּכִי), cf. Zc 12:11(×2). in gen., ψ 30:12 (opp. מָחוֹל, cf. Ec 3:4).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Amos 5:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.17/#tree)

וּבְכָל־כְּרָמִ֖ים מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־אֶעֱבֹ֥ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and \[will be\].in.all \[the\].vineyards wailing (dm) I.will.pass in midst your he.says Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And in all vineyards shall be lamentation; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

[Psalms 30:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.12/#tree)

הָפַ֣כְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי֮ לְמָח֪וֹל לִ֥י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.turned wailing my into dancing to me you.loosened sackcloth my and you girded.me joy

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/): 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).