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title: אֹדֶם — carnelian · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹדֶם (124), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: carnelian. BDB 1906: carnelian. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹדֶם

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«אֹדֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **carnelian** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 124 · **BDB:** אֹ֫דֶם

### Glosses

of.a.ruby (2); ruby (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

carnelian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/124/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

carnelian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/124/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] carnelian (fr. redness; 𝔊 σάρδιον; on format. cf. LagBN 144) Ex 28:17; 39:10 (P) Ez 28:13.

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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 (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹדֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/124/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.10/)

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וַיְמַלְאוּ־ב֔וֹ אַרְבָּעָ֖ה ט֣וּרֵי אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.filled in it four rows of.stone\[s\] \[was\].a.row of.a.ruby a.topaz and a.beryl the row (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.

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[Exodus 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.17/)

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וּמִלֵּאתָ֥ בוֹ֙ מִלֻּ֣אַת אֶ֔בֶן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה טוּרִ֣ים אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.fill in it a.setting of.stone\[s\] four rows stone \[will.be\].a.row of.a.ruby a.topaz and a.beryl the row (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row;

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