Biblica Analytica
H4200 Hebrew

מָ֫זוּ

me.zev

granary

Lexicon Entry

Definition
granary
Transliteration
me.zev
Strong's Number
H4200
Occurrences
1

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Analyzing מָזוּ (Granary) The Hebrew word *mazu* denotes a granary—a structure designed for storing grain. Based on the lexical data provided, this term appears only once in the biblical text, which limits our ability to determine its full semantic range or how ancient Hebrew speakers may have distinguished it from related storage terminology. The single occurrence of this word in scripture suggests it was either a specialized or uncommon term in biblical Hebrew, or it may have been employed in a particular literary or historical context that required this specific designation. Without access to the contextual verse itself, we cannot determine whether the term was used literally to describe an actual grain storage facility or metaphorically within a broader narrative or theological framework. The existence of this lexical item reflects the practical concerns of an agrarian society where grain storage was economically and socially significant. The presence of such vocabulary demonstrates that biblical Hebrew possessed precise terminology for aspects of daily agricultural life and infrastructure, though the infrequent use of this particular word prevents us from drawing broader conclusions about its importance or cultural connotations in ancient Israelite society.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H4200
Lemma
מָ֫זוּ
Transliteration
me.zev
Definition
granary
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text