Word Study · Strong's H4230 · Hebrew

מְחוּגָה

mechugah

mekk-oo-gaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉchûwgâh

“an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. compasses”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. compasses

Rendered in the KJV as

compass.

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inflected formdistinct spellings

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The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה1

How it is rendered · 1

and with the compass1

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How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 44:13וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖הuvamechugahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThe woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.here: and with the compass

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