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מְזוּזָה noun feminine door-post, gate-post, absolute ׳ מ Exod 21:6; Isa 57:8 construct מְזוּזַת 1Sam 1:9; Ezek 46:2 + Ezek 41:21 (strike out ᵑ6 Co compare ᵐ5 Hi), Ezek 45:19 (twice in verse) (in both מְזוּזוֺת ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Co); suffix מְזוּזָתִי Ezek 43:8, מְזוּזָתָם Ezek 43:8 plural מְזוּזוֺת 1Kgs 6:31 + 2 t. (+ Ezek 45:19 (twice in verse) Co see above), מְזוּזֹת Exod 12:7 + 4 t., מְזֻזוֺת Deut 6:9; Judg 16:3 — door-post, gate-post,
1. of dwelling-house Exod 12:7 (
P
), Exod
12:22 Exod
12:23; Exod
21:6 (all
J
E
), Deut 6:9;
Deut 11:20
compare Isa 57:8
also פְּתָחָ֑י
׳
מ
Prov 8:34,
מְזוּזָתָם
Ezek 43:8 of
Solomon's house 1Kgs 7:5
.
2. of house of ׳
י:
a. of the pre-Solomonic sanctuary of ׳
י
1Sam 1:9.
b. of Solomon's temple 1Kgs 6:33 of the דְּבִיר 1Kgs 6:31.
c. of Ezekiel's
temple Ezek
41:21
(strike out Co see above), Ezek 43:8 (מְזוּזָתִי
),
הַבַּיִת
׳
מ
Ezek 45:19
,
שַׁעַר
׳
מ
Ezek 45:9, compare Ezek 46:2.
3. of city-gates Judg 16:3.