מַרְבֵּקmarbêq

stall, (literally tying-place) (Amos 6:4; 1 Samuel 28:24; Malachi 3:20; Jeremiah 46:21)

Pronunciation: mar-bake' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4770

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 28:24 The woman had been fattening a calf, so she hurried out and killed it. She took some flour, kneaded it into dough and baked unleavened bread.
  • Jeremiah 46:21 Egypt’s mercenaries have become like fattened calves. They, too, will turn and run, for it is a day of great disaster for Egypt, a time of great punishment.
  • Amos 6:4 How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
  • Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).