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# מַרְבֵּץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4769

**reclining place** — used 2 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

reclining place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַרְבֵּץ²: id. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]id.;—of wild beasts, מ׳ לַחַיָּה Zp 2:15 (sign of desolation, ‖ שַׁמָּה); of flock, cstr. מִרְבַּץ־צֹאן Ez 25:5 (‖ נְוֵה גְמַלִּים).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 25:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.5/#tree)

וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־רַבָּה֙ לִנְוֵ֣ה גְמַלִּ֔ים וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן לְמִרְבַּץ־צֹ֑אן וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make (et) Rabbah into a.pasture of.camels and (et) the.people of.Ammon into a.resting.place of.flock\[s\] and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[Zephaniah 2:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.15/#tree)

זֹ֞֠אתהָעִ֤יר הָעַלִּיזָה֙ הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָבֶ֔טַח הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔הּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד אֵ֣יךְ ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֗ה מַרְבֵּץ֙ לַֽחַיָּ֔ה כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשְׁרֹ֖ק יָנִ֥יעַ יָדֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the city (the) exultant \[which\] dwelt to security \[which\] said in heart its I and only I \[am\].yet how! it.has.become (into).a waste a.resting.place for (the) animal\[s\] every \[one.who\].passes.by at it he.will.hiss he.will.shake hand his

*JPS 1917:* This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/): 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).