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title: דִּישָׁן — Dishan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּישָׁן (1789), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Dishan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּישָׁן

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«דִּישָׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dishan** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1789 · **BDB:** דִּישָׁן

### Glosses

Dishan (3); of.Dishan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dishan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1789/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1789/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a son of Seir דִּישָׁ֑ן Gn 36:21 (𝔊 Ῥισών; so v 28, 30 cf. Di) 1 Ch 1:38; (v 42 read דִּישׁוֹן q.v.) Gn 36:26 (read דִּישׁוֹן 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Ol Di) v 30 דִּישָׁ֖ן Gn 36:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּישָׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1789/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.28/)

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אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־דִישָׁ֖ן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.sons of.Dishan Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

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[Genesis 36:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.26/)

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וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י דִישָׁ֑ן חֶמְדָּ֥ן וְאֶשְׁבָּ֖ן וְיִתְרָ֥ן וּכְרָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.sons of.Dishan Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Keran

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

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