מִקְוֶה H4723
- Home gloss
- pool
- Instead of (KJV / RSV)
- be gathered / gathering
- Note
- מִקְוֵה מַיִם is a pool of water that stays ritually clean (Lev 11:36; cf. Exod 7:19). The homograph מִקְוֶה "hope" (Jer 14:8; Ezra 10:2) is a pun the rabbis heard (m. Yoma 8:9); note only
- Rulings
- 2, 17
- Declared to share English with
- H6960 — one root: be pooled / pool
Occurrences (1)
Genesis 1
- 1:10 And Elohim called to the dry, "Land," and to the pool of the waters he called, "Seas." And Elohim saw that it was good.