BDB948 [H3996 H3997]

מָבוֺא noun masculine^{Jer 38:14} entrance, a coming in, entering; — ׳מ absolute Jer 38:14 + 3 t. + Ezek 42:9 Kt (Qr מֵבִיא wrong, compare Co); construct מְבוֺא Deut 11:30 + 12 t.; suffix מְבוֺאוֺ Ps 104:19 + 2 t.; מְבֹאוֺ Ps 50:1 מבואך 2Sam 3:25 Kt (Qr מוֺבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable compare Dr); plural construct מְבוֺאֵי Ezek 26:10, מְבוֺאֹת Ezek 27:3 —

1. entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Judg 1:24; Judg 1:25; 1Chr 4:39; Prov 8:3 (פְּתָחִים ׳מ); into buildings 2Kgs 11:16; 2Kgs 16:18; 1Chr 9:19 (שֹׁמְרֵי הַמָּבוֺא), 2Chr 23:13; 2Chr 23:15; Jer 38:14; Ezek 42:9; Ezek 46:19 see also מְבוֺאֹת יָם entrance of (the) sea, gate of the sea, of situation of Tyre Ezek 27:3.

2. entering, act of entrance, by violence, in storm of city Ezek 26:10 coming in or together, making a crowd, כִּמְבוֺא עָ֑ם Ezek 33:31 simile of eagerness to hear Yahweh's word; in phrase אֶתמֿוֺצָאֲךָ וְאֶתמֿבואך 2Sam 3:25 thy going out and thy coming in, mode of entering temple, or the people who enter Ezek 44:5 particularly of sunset מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ps 104:19 = west Deut 11:30; Josh 1:4; Josh 23:4 הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ = Mediterranean, Zech 8:7 אֶרֶץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (|| אֶרֶץ מִזְרָח), Mal 1:11; Ps 50:1; Ps 113:3 sunset = west, opposed to sunrise = east; in phrase from east to west, i.e. over the whole earth, everywhere on earth.

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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