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title: אָדַר — wide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָדַר (142), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wide. BDB 1906: vb. wide, great high, noble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָדַר

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«אָדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wide** — 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:** 142 · **BDB:** אָדַר

### Glosses

\[was\].glorious (1); glorious (1); he.will.make.\[it\].glorious (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/142/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wide, great high, noble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/142/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (poet.) wide, great, (thence) high, noble (? Assyrian adâru DlW)— Pt. majestic, glorious, of י׳, נֶאְדָּר Ex 15:11; cstr. נֶאְדָּרִי v 6 (v. Di); impf. יַאְדִּיר make glorious the teaching Is 42:21 (י׳ subj.)

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/142/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.21/)

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יְהוָ֥ה חָפֵ֖ץ לְמַ֣עַן צִדְק֑וֹ יַגְדִּ֥יל תּוֹרָ֖ה וְיַאְדִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he.was.pleased for.the.sake.of righteousness his he.will.make.great \[the\].law and he.will.make.\[it\].glorious

*JPS 1917:* The LORD was pleased, for His righteousness' sake, to make the teaching great and glorious.

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[Exodus 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.6/)

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יְמִֽינְךָ֣ יְהוָ֔ה נֶאְדָּרִ֖י בַּכֹּ֑חַ יְמִֽינְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה תִּרְעַ֥ץ אוֹיֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* hand your.right O.Yahweh \[was\].glorious in (the) power hand your.right O.Yahweh it.shattered \[the\].enemy

*JPS 1917:* Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.

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