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title: דֹּור — period · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֹּור (1756), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: period. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּור

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«דֹּור» in the Tanakh dictionary: **period** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1756 · **BDB:** דֹּאר²

### Glosses

of.Dor (6); Dor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

period [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1756/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1756/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (Ph. דאר; cuneif. Du’ru KG121 COT on Jos 17:11) city in Manasseh, on Mediterr., S. of Carmel (9 Roman miles N. of Caesarea, cf. LagOnom. 115, 2nd ed. 149), דּוֹר Jos 12:23; דּוֹר וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ Ju 1:27 1 Ch 7:29 = דֹּאר וּב׳ Jos 17:11; נָפַת דּוֹר Jos 12:23 = נָפַת דֹּאר 1 K 4:11; נָפוֹת דּוֹר Jos 11:2 (cf. נפה); mod. Ṭanṭura WilsonLands of Bible ii. 249 vandeVelde Narrat. i. 333 BdPal 233 cf. Di Jos 11:2. On עֵין־דֹּר(דּוֹר) v. sub עַיִן.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֹּור» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1756/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.23/)

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מֶ֥לֶךְ דּ֛וֹר לְנָפַ֥ת דּ֖וֹר אֶחָ֑ד מֶֽלֶךְ־גּוֹיִ֥ם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Dor of the.height of.Dor one the.king of.Goyim of Gilgal one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Dor in the region of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in the Gilgal, one;

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[1 Kings 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.11/)

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בֶּן־אֲבִֽינָדָ֖ב כָּל־נָ֣פַת דֹּ֑אר טָפַת֙ בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָ֥יְתָה לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* Ben- Abinadab all the.height of.Dor Taphath the.daughter of.Solomon she.became for him (into).a wife

*JPS 1917:* the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

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