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title: אֶדֶן — base · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶדֶן (134), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: base. BDB 1906: n.m. base, pedestal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶדֶן

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«אֶדֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **base** — 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:** 57 times · **Key:** 134 · **BDB:** אֶ֫דֶן

### Glosses

bases (51); the.bases (5); base (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

base [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/134/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. base, pedestal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/134/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 26:19 base, pedestal—אָדֶ֑ן Ex 38:27; pl. אֲדָנִים Ex 26:19 +; cstr. אַדְנֵי Ct 5:15 +, etc. pedestals of fine gold, on wh. pillars of marble were set Ct 5:15. pedestals of the earth on wh. its pillars were placed Jb 38:6 (‖ corner-stone). (metal) pedestals, bases, or sockets in wh. tenons of planks \& pillars of tabernacle were set up; two for each plank \& one for each pillar Ex 26:19(×3) + 52 textual in Ex 26.27.35–40 Nu 3.4 (all P); cf. 𝔊 Sm Co for אָרְכּוֹ Ez 41:22, of altar.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶדֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/134/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.6/)

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עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* on what? bases its were.they.sunk or who? did.he.lay the.stone its.corner her

*JPS 1917:* Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

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[Exodus 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.17/)

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כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* all the.pillars of the.courtyard all.around \[will.be\].furnished.with.bands silver hooks their \[will.be\].silver and bases their \[will.be\].bronze

*JPS 1917:* All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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