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title: אֶדְרֶעִי — Edrei · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶדְרֶעִי (154), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Edrei. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶדְרֶעִי

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«אֶדְרֶעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Edrei** — 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:** 154 · **BDB:** אֶדְרֶ֫עִי

### Glosses

Edrei (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Edrei [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/154/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/154/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. a chief city of Bashan אֶדְרֶ֖עִי Jos 19:37; אֶדְרֶ֑עִי Nu 21:33 = Dt 3:1, Dt 3:10; בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹת בְּאֶדְרֶ֑עִי Dt 1:4; בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶ֑עִי Jos 12:4; 13:12 cf. 13:31;—on identity of all these cf. Di Dt 3:10; modern Derʿât, 7 1/2 hours WNW. of Bosra; Euseb. Ἀδραά (LagOnom. 213, 86, 2nd ed. 235) cf. Di Nu 21:33 WetzstHauran 47, 77, 123 BdPal 201.

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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 (2 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 «אֶדְרֶעִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/154/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.37/)

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וְקֶ֥דֶשׁ וְאֶדְרֶ֖עִי וְעֵ֥ינ חָצֽוֹר עֵ֥ינ חָצֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and Kedesh and Edrei and En Hazor

*JPS 1917:* and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor;

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[Joshua 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.4/)

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וּגְב֗וּל ע֚וֹג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן מִיֶּ֖תֶר הָרְפָאִ֑ים הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃

*Word for word:* and the.territory of.Og the.king of.(the) Bashan one of.the.remnant of the.Rephaites \[who was\].dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei

*JPS 1917:* and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

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