Lexicon
מַכְבִּיר
makh.bir
H4342
H:V Hebrew

to increase

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Hebrew
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makh.bir describes an increase associated with providing food in abundance.

The sole attestation presents makh.bir in connection with giving food in abundance, indicating an increase or abundance within that provision.

Senses in use

  1. Increasing provision to abundance · dominant

    In Job 36:31, the form is a Hiphil active participle in the clause about giving food; the APB renders the verse, “For in them he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.” This supports an increase associated with abundant provision, though the translation does not isolate the term word by word.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 36:31, the APB presents the clause as “he gives food in abundance.” Its exact English contribution cannot be isolated with certainty.

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