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title: בָּשְׂמַת — Bashemath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּשְׂמַת (1315), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Bashemath. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּשְׂמַת

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«בָּשְׂמַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bashemath** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1315 · **BDB:** בָּֽשְׂמַת

### Glosses

Basemath (4); of.Basemath (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bashemath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1315/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1315/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (perfume?)— Hittite woman, a wife of Esau Gn 26:34 (P); called daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth Gn 36:3 (but due prob. to R; this daughter of Ishmael is מַחֲלַת in 28:9 P); v. also 36:4, 10, 13, 17 (all P) (Sam. has מחלת throughout Gn 36). daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz 1 K 4:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּשְׂמַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1315/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.3/)

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וְאֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל אֲח֥וֹת נְבָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Basemath the.daughter of.Ishmael the.sister of.Nebaioth

*JPS 1917:* and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

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[Genesis 36:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.4/)

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וַתֵּ֧לֶד עָדָ֛ה לְעֵשָׂ֖ו אֶת־אֱלִיפָ֑ז וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־רְעוּאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Adah to Esau (et) Eliphaz and Basemath she.bore (et) Reuel

*JPS 1917:* And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

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