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title: אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ — Adrammelech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ (152), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Adrammelech. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ

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«אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adrammelech** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 152 · **BDB:** אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

### Glosses

Adrammelech (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adrammelech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/152/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/152/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) v. KAT2 284, cf. ABK140; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, cf. DlK 52 f; otherwise SayceRel.Bab. 7; on Bab. god Adar v. SchrKSGW 1880, 19 f DlK 52 f, but SayceRel.Bab. 151 f; Jen;Ko 457 f al. read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carth. יתנאדר v. BaeRel. 54) a god of Sepharvaim 2 K 17:31. parricidal son of Sennacherib 2 K 19:37 Is 37:38.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/152/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 17:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.31/)

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וְהָעַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְאֶת־תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְהַסְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֱלֹהֵ֥י סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and the Avvites they.made Nibhaz and (et) Tartak and the Sepharvites \[were\].burning (et) children their in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the.gods of.Sepharvaim

*JPS 1917:* and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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