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# מִפְקָד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4662

**muster** — used 4 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

muster [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִפְקָד²: muster, appointment, appointed place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] muster, appointment, appointed place;—abs. מ׳ only in שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ Ne 3:31, v. i. שַׁעַר; cstr. מִפְקַד: muster of people 2 S 24:9 = 1 Ch 21:5. appointment of (by) Hezekiah 2 Ch 31:13. appointed place of (in) temple Ez 43:21 (Krae watch, guard-house; Köii 1, 93 conj. מוֹקֵד).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 4 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: of the muster (2); the appointed place (1); the appointment (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 43:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.21/#tree)

וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת הַפָּ֣ר הַֽחַטָּ֑את וּשְׂרָפוֹ֙ בְּמִפְקַ֣ד הַבַּ֔יִת מִח֖וּץ לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) the.young bull the.sin offering and someone will.burn.it in the.appointed.place of the.house from.\[the\] outside of the sanctuary

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

[2 Samuel 24:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.9/#tree)

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַתְּהִ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ־חַ֙יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.gave Joab (et) the.number of.the.muster of the.people to the king and it.was Israel eight hundred(s) thousand man of.strength \[who\].drew a.sword and the.man of.Judah \[was\].five hundred(s) thousand man

*JPS 1917:* And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/): 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).