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title: בִּלְהָן — Bilhan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּלְהָן (1092), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Bilhan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּלְהָן

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«בִּלְהָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bilhan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1092 · **BDB:** בִּלְהָן

### Glosses

\[were\].Bilhan (2); Bilhan (1); of.Bilhan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bilhan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1092/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1092/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. descendant of Esau Gn 36:27 = 1 Ch 1:42. a Benjamite 1 Ch 7:10(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּלְהָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1092/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.27/)

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אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־אֵ֑צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן וַעֲקָֽן׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.sons of.Ezer Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan

*JPS 1917:* These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

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[1 Chronicles 1:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.42/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֵ֔צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן יַעֲקָ֑ן בְּנֵ֥י דִישׁ֖וֹן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ezer \[were\].Bilhan and Zaavan Jaakan the.sons of.Dishon \[were\].Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

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