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# מִקְוֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4723

**hope** — used 5 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

hope [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִקְוֶה: hope [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hope;—abs. מ׳ 1 Ch 29:15 Ezr 10:2; cstr. in phr. מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, epithet of י׳, Je 14:8; 17:13, cf. 50:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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: O hope (2); hope (2); the hope (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 14:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.8/#tree)

מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּגֵ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ נָטָ֥ה לָלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* O.hope of.Israel deliverer its in a.time of.distress why? are.you like a.sojourner in the land and like a.traveler \[who\].he.has.turned.aside to spend.the.night

*JPS 1917:* O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

[Jeremiah 17:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.13/#tree)

מִקְוֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־עֹזְבֶ֖יךָ יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ וְסוּרַי֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ כִּ֥י עָזְב֛וּ מְק֥וֹר מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* O.hope of.Israel O.Yahweh all \[those who\].forsake.you they.will.be.ashamed and my.disloyal \[ones\] in the land they.will.be.written.down (dm) they.have.forsaken \[the\].spring of.water living (et) Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Thou hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed; they that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/): 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).