ma.qor denotes a source or issuing fountain, used for water, life-giving wisdom, and bodily flow.

The term most often marks a life-giving or sustaining source in figurative statements about righteousness, instruction, reverence, understanding, and living water; it also denotes a physical water-source and a bodily source associated with blood and marriage.

1. Life-giving source in figurative statements · dominant

   In Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 14:27, and Proverbs 16:22, the construct noun occurs in clauses that describe the righteous person's mouth, wise instruction, fear of the LORD, and understanding as life-giving and as turning from death's snares. In Jeremiah 2:13 and Jeremiah 17:13, the APB renders the clauses "the fountain of living waters" and "the fountain of living water," contrasting forsaking the LORD with receiving living water.

   Proverbs 10:11Proverbs 13:14Proverbs 14:27Proverbs 16:22Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 17:13
2. Physical water-source · common

   The noun names a source subject to drying in Hosea 13:15 and Jeremiah 51:36, where the APB renders "dry up his fountain" and "make her fountain dry." In Proverbs 25:26 it occurs in the absolute form within the comparison of a righteous man yielding before the wicked to "a fouled spring and a ruined fountain"; Zechariah 13:1 likewise speaks of a fountain being opened for David's house and Jerusalem's inhabitants.

   Hosea 13:15Jeremiah 51:36Proverbs 25:26Zechariah 13:1
3. Bodily source · occasional

   In Leviticus 12:7, the construct noun occurs in the clause concerning a woman becoming clean from "the source of her blood." Leviticus 20:18 uses the term twice in the prohibition concerning a sick woman and "the fountain of her blood," while Proverbs 5:18 places it in the exhortation, "Let your fountain be blessed," alongside rejoicing in one's wife.

   Leviticus 12:7Leviticus 20:18Proverbs 5:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "fountain," including water, life, and bodily contexts, while Leviticus 12:7 has "source of her blood" and Proverbs 25:26 pairs "spring" with "fountain." Psalm 36:10 and Psalm 68:27 contain the noun form in the supplied data, but their APB wording does not visibly represent its contribution.