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title: אַהֲרֹן — Aaron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַהֲרֹן (175), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 347 times: Aaron. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Aaron. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַהֲרֹן

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«אַהֲרֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aaron** — 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:** 347 times · **Key:** 175 · **BDB:** אַהֲרֹן

### Glosses

Aaron (250); of.Aaron (94); \[were\].Aaron (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aaron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/175/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Aaron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/175/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Aaron, elder brother of Moses Ex 7:7; the priest Ex 31:10 +; mentioned Ex 4:14; 15:20; 17:10; 24:1; 28:29 + (115 times Ex); Lv 8:12, 23 + (80 times Lv); Nu 20:24f; 33:39 + (101 times Nu); 1 Ch 5:29 +; Mi 6:4 (only here in proph.) ψ 77:21; 105:26; called הַכֹּהֵן Ex 31:10; 35:19; 39:41 Lv 7:34 +, v. ψ 99:6 משֶׁה וא׳ בְּכֹהֲנָיו; also בּן־א׳ הַכֹּהֵן Ex 38:21 Nu 3:32 + (all P) called קְדוֹשׁ יהוה ψ 106:16; often named with his sons Lv 2:3, 10; 6:2 +; בְּנֵי א׳ in strict sense Ex 28:1, 4, 40 + often; בְּנֵי א׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים Lv 1:5 + Nu 3:3; 10:8 Jos 21:19 1 Ch 6:42; of temple-priests in gen’l, as descendants of A., 2 Ch 26:18; 29:21; 31:19; 35:14(×2), v. also 13:9, 10 \& cf. הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן־א׳ Ne 10:39; so בֵּית א׳ ψ 115:10, 12; 118:3; 135:19; אַהֲרֹן alone (= בֵּית א׳) 1 Ch 12:27(28) cf. 27:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַהֲרֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/175/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.10.8/)

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וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Yahweh to Aaron (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, saying:

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[1 Chronicles 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.17/)

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לְלֵוִ֛י חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה בֶן־קְמוּאֵ֖ל לְאַהֲרֹ֥ן צָדֽוֹק׃ס

*Word for word:* for Levi Hashabiah the.son of.Kemuel for Aaron Zadok

*JPS 1917:* of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok;

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