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# מָעוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4583

**dwelling** — used 18 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

dwelling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4583/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָעוֹן²: refuge habitation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4583/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] refuge, hence habitation;—abs. מ׳ ψ 71:3 +, cstr. מְעוֹן Je 25:30 +, sf. מְעוֹנֶ֑ךָ ψ 91:9, etc.;— lair of jackals Je 9:10; 10:22; 49:33; 51:37 (all of desolated cities); מ׳ אֲרָיוֹת Na 2:12 (‖ מִרְעֶה; fig. of Nineveh). dwelling of י׳: in heaven מ׳ קָדְשְׁךָ Dt 26:15 cf. Je 25:30 (‖ מָרוֹם), Zc 2:17 ψ 68:6; 2 Ch 30:27. in temple מ׳ בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ ψ 26:8, מְעוֹנוֹ 2 Ch 36:15 (only here alone). fig. of י׳ as refuge of his people, צוּר מ׳ ψ 71:3, מ׳ alone 90:1; 91:9.—מ׳ 1 S 2:29, 32 is unintelling. (v. Comm.), poss. read מְעוֹיֵן (eyeing \[enviously\], v. עין denom.) Klo HPS, cf. 𝔊 Bu. מְעוֹנָהּ Zp 3:7 is difficult in context, 𝔊 We Now read מֵעֵינֶיה (cf. Jos 9:23; 2 S 3:29).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[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.

[Psalms 26:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.8/#tree)

יְֽהוָ֗ה אָ֭הַבְתִּי מְע֣וֹן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מְק֗וֹם מִשְׁכַּ֥ן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh I.love the.habitation your.house your and the.place of.the.dwelling your.glory your

*JPS 1917:* LORD, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4583.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4583/): 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).