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title: אוּד — brand · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּד (181), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: brand. BDB 1906: n.m. brand, fire-brand. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּד

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«אוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brand** — 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:** 181 · **BDB:** אוּד

### Glosses

a.piece.of.firewood (2); pieces.of.firewood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/181/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brand, fire-brand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/181/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. brand, fire-brand (orig. perhaps bent stick used to stir fire) א׳ מֻצָּל מִשְּׂרֵפָה Am 4:11 = א׳ מ׳ מֵאֵשׁ Zc 3:2, pl. זַנְבוֹת הָאוּדִים הָעֲשֵׁנִים Is 7:4, stumps of smoking firebrands.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/181/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.4.11/)

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הָפַ֣כְתִּי בָכֶ֗ם כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־סְדֹ֣ם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔ה וַתִּהְי֕וּ כְּא֖וּד מֻצָּ֣ל מִשְׂרֵפָ֑הוְלֹֽא־שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָדַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* I.overthrew among you like the.overthrow of.God (et) Sodom and (et) Gomorrah and you.were like a.piece.of.firewood plucked.out from.\[the\] burning and not you.returned to me the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.

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[Zechariah 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.2/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֗ן יִגְעַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה בְּךָ֙ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן וְיִגְעַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בְּךָ֔ הַבֹּחֵ֖ר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הֲל֧וֹא זֶ֦ה א֖וּד מֻצָּ֥ל מֵאֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to the accuser may.he.rebuke Yahweh (in) you O accuser and may.he.rebuke Yahweh (in) you \[who has\].chosen (in) Jerusalem ? not \[is\].this a.piece.of.firewood plucked.out from a.fire

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto Satan: 'The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?'

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