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# מִצְעָד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4703

**step** — 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

step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִצְעָד²: step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] step;—pl. sf. בְּמִצְעָדָיו Dn 11:43 i.e. at his heels, in his train; cstr., fig. of course of life, מִצְעֲדֵי־גֶבֶר ψ 37:23 (‖ דַּרְכּוֹ), Pr 20:24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[the\] steps (2); be\] (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 37:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.23/#tree)

מֵ֭יְהוָה מִֽצְעֲדֵי־גֶ֥בֶר כּוֹנָ֗נוּ וְדַרְכּ֥וֹ יֶחְפָּֽץ׃

*Word for word:* from Yahweh \[the\].steps of.a.man they.are.established and way his he.delights.in

*JPS 1917:* It is of the LORD that a man's goings are established; and He delighted in his way.

[Proverbs 20:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.24/#tree)

מֵיהוָ֥המִצְעֲדֵי־גָ֑בֶר וְ֝אָדָ֗ם מַה־יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].from Yahweh \[the\].steps of.a.man and anyone what? will.he.understand way his.own

*JPS 1917:* A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man look to his way?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4703.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/): 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).