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H4201 מְזוּזָה (mᵉzûwzâh) mez-oo-zaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}; from the same as 2123; a door-post (as prominent)

KJV Usage: (door, side) post

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְזוּזָה (me.zu.zah) — doorpost. doorpost, gatepost

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Constructions

doorpost = upright part of a door frame; a few passages mention square door frames and in such cases the horizontal elements are also referred to as doorposts

EXO 12:7 · EXO 12:22 · EXO 12:23 · EXO 21:6 · DEU 6:9 · DEU 11:20 · JDG 16:3 · 1SA 1:9 · 1KI 6:31 · 1KI 6:33 · 1KI 7:5 · ISA 57:8 · EZK 41:21 · EZK 45:19 · EZK 45:19 · EZK 46:2

Constructions

Collocation: מְזוּזֹת פֶּתַח

entrance, doorway literally: doorposts of the doorway; hence: = entrance to a building

PRO 8:34

Constructions

Collocation: סַף וּמְזוּזָה

threshold and doorpost > house literally: threshold and doorpost, here used metaphorically to refer to the entire construction: = building

EZK 43:8 · EZK 43:8

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְזוּזָה n.f. door-post, gate-post base

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