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# מַפְתֵּחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4668

**key** — used 3 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

key [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַפְתֵּחַ²: n.m. key [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. key (opening instrument);—מ׳ abs. Ju 3:25; 1 Ch 9:27; cstr. Is 22:22 (fig.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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: key (2); the key (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 22:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.22/#tree)

וְנָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית־דָּוִ֖ד עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וּפָתַח֙ וְאֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְסָגַ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.put the.key of.the.house of.David on shoulder his and he.will.open and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].shuts and he.will.shut and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].opens

*JPS 1917:* And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

[1 Chronicles 9:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.27/#tree)

וּסְבִיב֥וֹת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת וְהֵ֥ם עַל־הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and around the.house of.(the) God they.spent.the.night (dm) \[was\].on them a.duty and they \[were\].over the key and to the morning to the morning

*JPS 1917:* And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4668.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/): 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).