Word
מְבוֹאָה
mᵉbôwʼâh · H3997 · Hebrew · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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entrance, entryway
A place by which one can enter an area with limited access points, such as a city, a temple courtyard, a palace courtyard, or the sea
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Near synonyms 2 words
- פֶּתַח pethach · H6607 · opening, entrance, doorway
- פֶּתַח denotes an opening or entrance to a structure, overlapping with מְבוֹאָה in contexts where both refer to the physical point of entry into a building or space.
- שַׁעַר shaʻar · H8179 · gate, town
- שַׁעַר refers to a gate or gateway as an entrance point, particularly in city walls or compounds, semantically overlapping with מְבוֹאָה as the place where one enters.
In the other Testament 1 word
- εἴσοδος eísodos · G1529 · coming, arrival, welcome
- Greek εἴσοδος (eisodos) is the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew מְבוֹאָה, both denoting the act or place of entering, an entrance or entry point.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Move002002001012
- This lexeme has no tagged occurrence in the running text of the tagged critical edition, so this “Move” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ, H3996) rather than independently attested here.
- Time002002002010
- As with the Move domain above, this Time domain is inherited from the related entrance-word's sense of the sun's setting; no independent citation for this zero-occurrence entry attests it directly.
- Spatial Referents003002005
- This lexeme has no tagged occurrence in the running text of the tagged critical edition, so this “Spatial Referents” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ, H3996) rather than independently attested here.
- Buildings001003002001
- This entry carries no independent "Buildings" sense of its own; this lexeme has no tagged occurrence in the running text of the tagged critical edition. Its cognate מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ, H3996) attests the related sense of an entrance to a structure; see מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ, H3996).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0