מְעֹנָה
Used: 9 times · Key: 4585 · BDB: מְעֹנָה²
Glosses
dens (5); den (2); [is].a.hiding.place (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
den tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. habitation tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. habitation; den, lair of wild beasts: of כְּפִיר, מְעֹנָתוֹ Am 3:4, so pl. abs. מְעוֹנוֹת Jb 38:40 (‖ סֻכָּה), sf. מְעוֹנֹתָם ψ 104:22; cstr. מְעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת Ct 4:8; מְעֹנֹתָיו Na 2:13 (‖ חֹרָיו; of אַרְיֵה, fig. of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in gen., בִּמְעוֹנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Jb 37:8 (‖ אָ֑רֶב); so appar. fig. of men, hunted by י׳, מְעוֹנוֹתֵינוּ Je 21:13, fig. also of י׳ dwelling in temple, sg. sf., מְעוֹנָתוֹ בְּצִיּוֹן ψ 76:3 (‖ סוּכּוֹ). fig. מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Dt 33:27 the ancient God is a refuge (for his people; cf. i. מָעוֹן 3).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מְעֹנָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃
Word for word: and it.went an.animal in a.lair and in dens its it.dwells
JPS 1917: Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.
כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃
Word for word: (dm) they.will.crouch in (the) dens they.will.remain in (the) thicket for lying-in-wait
JPS 1917: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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