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title: דֹּודָה — aunt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֹּודָה (1733), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: aunt. BDB 1906: n.f. aunt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּודָה

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«דֹּודָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **aunt** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1733 · **BDB:** דֹּדָה

### Glosses

aunt (2); sister (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

aunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1733/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. aunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1733/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. aunt—only sf. דֹּדָֽתְךָ Lv 18:14 father’s brother’s wife; דֹּדָתוֹ Lv 20:20 Ex 6:20 father’s sister \[cf. Nu 26:59\].

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֹּודָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1733/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 18:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.14/)

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עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחִֽי־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֶל־אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְרָ֔ב דֹּדָֽתְךָ֖ הִֽוא׃ס

*Word for word:* the.nakedness of.the.brother your.father your not you.will.uncover to wife his not you.will.draw.near aunt \[is\].your she

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

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[Leviticus 20:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.20/)

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וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּד֖וֹ גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ׃

*Word for word:* and a.man who he.will.lie with aunt his the.nakedness his.uncle his he.has.uncovered sin their they.will.bear childless they.will.die

*JPS 1917:* And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife — he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness — they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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