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title: אֵהוּד — Ehud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵהוּד (164), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Ehud. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵהוּד

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«אֵהוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ehud** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 164 · **BDB:** אֵהוּד

### Glosses

Ehud (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ehud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/164/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/164/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Isr. from Moab Ju 3:15, 16, 20(×2), 21, 23, 26; 4:1. a Benjamite, son of Bilhan (= foregoing?) 1 Ch 7:10.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵהוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/164/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.1/)

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וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְאֵה֖וּד מֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.repeated the.people of.Israel to do the evil in the.eyes of.Yahweh and Ehud he.had.died

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

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[Judges 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.23/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵה֖וּד הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר דַּלְת֧וֹת הָעַלִיָּ֛ה בַּעֲד֖וֹ וְנָעָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Ehud to the porch and he.closed the.doors of the.roof.chamber behind him and he.locked.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.

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