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title: דְּדָן — Dedan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּדָן (1719), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Dedan. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּדָן

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«דְּדָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dedan** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 1719 · **BDB:** דְּדָן

### Glosses

Dedan (7); of.Dedan (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dedan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1719/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1719/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. \& gent.;—ד׳ Gn 10:7 + 8 times + Ez 27:20 (but v. infr.) c. ה loc. דְּדָ֫נֶה Ez 25:13 cf. Ges§ 90, 2 ad fin.;— under fig. of son of רַעֲמָה and grandson of כּוּשׁ (v. these arts.) Gn 10:7 (brother of שְׁבָא) = 1 Ch 1:9 Ez 27:20; cf. בְּנֵי ד׳ v 15 (but read here perhaps רדן 𝔊 υἱοὶ Ῥοδίων, cf. StaDe Pop. Javan. 11, also 𝔖 ܕܪܢ, Co; v. sub דֹּדָנִים infr.) cf. also Ez 38:13, שְׁבָא וּד׳; . south-Arabian tribe on Persian Gulf, = Sab. בנו דדן according to DHMZMG 1876, 122; Sab. Denkm. 28 (dubit. Mordt); but in NW. of Arabian peninsula, GlaserSkizze ii. 391 ff.; perhaps orig. further south cf. Di Je 25:23. as son of יָקְשָׁן, father of אַשּׁוּרִם etc., Gn 10:7(×2) (here also brother of שְׁבָא) = Gn 25:3; 1 Ch 1:32 יֹשְׁבֵי ד׳; also Je 49:8. This is appar. a northern branch of 1, cf. Di Gn 25:3.—On דדן in MI31, 31 cf. Sm \& SoMI p. 29 NöLCB Jan. 8, 1887 Cl GannJAs. Jan. 1887, 107.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1719/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.20/)

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דְּדָן֙ רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְ בְבִגְדֵי־חֹ֖פֶשׁ לְרִכְבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Dedan \[was\].your trader for clothes of.material for riding

*JPS 1917:* Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

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[Jeremiah 25:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.23/)

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וְאֶת־דְּדָ֤ן וְאֶת־תֵּימָא֙ וְאֶת־בּ֔וּז וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־קְצוּצֵ֥י פֵאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Dedan and (et) Tema and (et) Buz and (et) all \[those.who.are\].cut.off of.\[the\].corner

*JPS 1917:* Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;

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