מַרְבֵּץ
marbets · resting place (for flocks)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4769 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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marbets (מַרְבֵּץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “resting place (for flocks)”.
A place where flocks lie down to rest.
How to say it
mar·bets
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The place where the flock lies down to rest, a sheepfold.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a fold for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks; and you will know that I am YHWH.
- Zephaniah 2:15
This is the exultant city who sat in security, who said in her heart, “I, and no one else.” How she has become a horror, a resting place for animals! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake his hand.