מְצוֹלָה
Used: 12 times · Key: 4688 · BDB: מְצוֹלָה²
Glosses
depths (5); [the].deep (3); deep (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
depth tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. depth, deep tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. depth, deep;—abs. מְצוּלָה Jb 41:23 +; pl. abs. מְצוֹלֹת Ex 15:5; Ne 9:11, מְצֹלוֹת ψ 88:7; cstr. מְצוּלוֹת Zc 10:11, מְצֻלוֹת Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23;—depth, pl. מ׳ יָם depths of the sea Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23; abs. Ex 15:5 (of Red Sea) Ne 9:11 (id.); fig. of deep distress ψ 88:7 (‖ בּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת); מ׳ יְאֹר Zc 10:11 (i.e. of Nile); sg. = the deep sea, deep, ψ 107:24; Jon 2:4; Jb 41:23 (in hyperb. descript. of crocodile); depth of marsh, swamp, בִּיוֵן מ׳ ψ 69:3 in mire of (the) depth, fig. of distress (‖ מַעֲמַקֵּי־מַיִם), cf. מ׳ alone v 16 (‖ בְּאֵר).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 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 «מְצוֹלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃
Word for word: the.deeps they have.covered.them they.went.down in.[the] depths like a.stone
JPS 1917: The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.
שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃
Word for word: you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.[the] dark.places in.[the] depths
JPS 1917: Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
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