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title: דִּישֹׁון — Dishon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּישֹׁון (1787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Dishon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּישֹׁון

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«דִּישֹׁון» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dishon** — 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:** 1787 · **BDB:** דִּישֹׁן²

### Glosses

Dishon (4); of.Dishon (2); \[were\].Dishon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dishon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a son of Seir דִּשׁוֹן Gn 36:21 = דִּישֹׁן 1 Ch 1:38; a son of Anah \& grandson of Seir דִּשֹׁ֑ן Gn 36:25 cf. v 30 so also v 26 (for דִּישָׁן q.v.) = דִּישׁוֹן 1 Ch 1:41(×2), 42, cf. also foll.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּישֹׁון» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.25/)

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וְאֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־עֲנָ֖ה דִּשֹׁ֑ן וְאָהֳלִיבָמָ֖ה בַּת־עֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.children of.Anah Dishon and Oholibamah the.daughter of.Anah

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.42/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֵ֔צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן יַעֲקָ֑ן בְּנֵ֥י דִישׁ֖וֹן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ezer \[were\].Bilhan and Zaavan Jaakan the.sons of.Dishon \[were\].Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

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