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title: אַדֶּרֶת — glory · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַדֶּרֶת (155), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: glory. BDB 1906: n.f. glory, cloak. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַדֶּרֶת

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«אַדֶּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **glory** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 155 · **BDB:** אַדֶּ֫רֶת

### Glosses

cloak (5); a.cloak (2); the.cloak (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

glory [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. glory, cloak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. glory, cloak—א׳ abs. Jos 7:24; אַדָּ֑רֶת Ez 17:8; cstr. Gn 25:25 + 4times; אַדַּרְתּוֹ 1 K 19:13 + 3 times; אַדַּרתָּם Zc 11:3— glory, magnificence, of vine Ez 17:8 (so Thes MV, but אַדִּיר q.v.), of shepherds Zc 11:3 (or sub 2). mantle, cloak (wide garment) of hair שֵׂעָר Gn 25:25 Zc 13:4 (as proph. mantle, so perhaps 11:3 of shepherds = false proph.) cf. of Elijah 1 K 19:13, 19 2 K 2:8, 13, 14; but אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר טוֹבָה (fine mantle of Shinar = Babylonian mantle—doubtless costly) Jos 7:21, 24 (J) \& (late) א׳ alone Jon 3:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַדֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.25/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֤א הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ אַדְמוֹנִ֔י כֻּלּ֖וֹ כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת שֵׂעָ֑ר וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵשָֽׂו׃

*Word for word:* and he.came.out the first red of.him all \[was\].like a.cloak of.hair and they.called name his Esau

*JPS 1917:* And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.

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[Zechariah 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.3/)

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ק֚וֹל יִֽלְלַ֣ת הָרֹעִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם ק֚וֹל שַׁאֲגַ֣ת כְּפִירִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד גְּא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sound of.the.wailing of the.shepherds (dm) it.has.been.devastated splendor their \[the\].sound of.\[the\].roaring of.young.lions (dm) it.has.been.devastated the.thicket\[s\] of the.Jordan

*JPS 1917:* Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled; Hark! the roaring of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.

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