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title: אַדִּיר — majestic · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַדִּיר (117), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: majestic. BDB 1906: adj. majestic majestic. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַדִּיר

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«אַדִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **majestic** — 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 117 · **BDB:** אַדִּיר

### Glosses

majestic (5); mighty (4); nobles (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

majestic [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/117/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. majestic majestic [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/117/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. majestic—א׳ ψ 8:2 +; f. אַדֶּ֫רֶת Ez 17:8? (v. infr.) etc.— majestic (wide, lofty) of waters of sea Ex 15:10 ψ 93:4; a ship Is 33:21; a tree Ez 17:23; a vine Ez 17:8 (גֶּפֶן אַדֶּרֶת, so Fü; or א׳ n. abstr. v. sub אַדֶּרֶת infr.); also fig. of kings ψ 136:18; nations Ez 32:18; gods 1 S 4:8; of י׳ ψ 93:4; 76:5; of name of י׳ ψ 8:2, 10. subst. majestic one, of nobles, chieftains, etc., Ju 5:13, 25 Na 2:6, 3:18 Je 14:3; 25:34 (אַדִּירֵי הַצֹּאן fig. so) 35, 36; 30:21 Zc 11:2 2 Ch 23:20 Ne 3:5; 10:30; of י׳ Is 10:34; 33:21; of servants of י׳ ψ 16:3 (= priests? cf. 1 Ch 24:5 \& v. Che).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַדִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/117/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 76:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.5/)

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נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].lighted.up you \[are\].majestic more than.mountains of.prey

*JPS 1917:* Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

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[Judges 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.25/)

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מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* water he.asked milk she.gave in a.bowl of.nobles she.brought.near curd\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

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