מִקְצֹעַ
maq.tso.a (H4740H)
corner
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# מִקְצֹעַ (Maqtsoah) — Corner The Hebrew word *maqtsoah* denotes a corner, appearing eleven times throughout the biblical text. Based on its consistent rendering and limited occurrence, this term represents a straightforward spatial concept—the point where two surfaces or boundaries meet at an angle. The word's modest frequency (11 occurrences) suggests it served a specific rather than general purpose in biblical Hebrew. Rather than being the most common term for corner, *maqtsoah* appears to have been selected for particular contexts where precision about angular junctures mattered. This specificity indicates the Hebraic language system contained multiple words for spatial relationships, with this lemma filling a defined semantic niche. Without access to the specific passages where *maqtsoah* appears, its precise applications remain determined by context. However, the term's consistent translation as "corner" across all instances confirms its stable meaning throughout the biblical corpus. The word exemplifies how biblical Hebrew vocabulary often expressed concrete, observable spatial features with targeted precision rather than through broad, multipurpose terms.
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They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.
Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion, across from the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
After him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.
Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before Yahweh.”
Then he brought me out into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty wide. These four in the corners were the same size.