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title: אֲדָר — Adar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲדָר (143), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Adar. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲדָר

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«אֲדָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adar** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 143 · **BDB:** אֲדָר

### Glosses

of.Adar (6); Adar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/143/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/143/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.\[m.\] 12th (Babylonian) month = Mar.–Apr. (late Heb. loan-word, = Bab. A(d)-daru v. DlW p. 188, cf. Al3 93, meaning dub. perhaps adâru, be darkened, eclipsed, but v. DlW p. 190) Est 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21; cf. Palm. Nab. אדר Vog8 EutNab 24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲדָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/143/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.12/)

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בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד בְּכָל־מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* on a.day one in all the.provinces of the.king Ahasuerus on.\[day\] thir- teen of month two.plus ten that \[is\].the.month of.Adar

*JPS 1917:* upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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[Esther 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.17/)

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בְּיוֹם־שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֑ר וְנ֗וֹחַ בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* on day thir- teen of the.month of.Adar and they.rested on.\[day\] four- teen in it and they.made it a.day of.feast and joy

*JPS 1917:* on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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