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title: אֲדֹנִירָם — Adoniram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲדֹנִירָם (141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Adoniram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲדֹנִירָם

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«אֲדֹנִירָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adoniram** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 141 · **BDB:** אֲדֹנִירָם

### Glosses

Adoniram (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adoniram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my Lord is exalted) official of Solom. 1 K 4:6; 5:28; so also 2 S 20:24 1 K 12:18 𝔊 We DrSm.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֲדֹנִירָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.6/)

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וַאֲחִישָׁ֖ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם בֶּן־עַבְדָּ֖א עַל־הַמַּֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* and Ahishar \[was\].over the house and Adoniram the.son of.Abda \[was\].over the.forced labor

*JPS 1917:* and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

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[1 Kings 5:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.28/)

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וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם לְבָנ֗וֹנָה עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֤ים בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ חֲלִיפ֔וֹת חֹ֚דֶשׁ יִהְי֣וּ בַלְּבָנ֔וֹן שְׁנַ֥יִם חֳדָשִׁ֖ים בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַאֲדֹנִירָ֖ם עַל־הַמַּֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* and he sent.them to Lebanon ten thousand(s) in the month relays a.month they.were in (the) Lebanon two months in home his and Adoniram \[was\].over the.forced labor

*JPS 1917:* And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.

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