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title: דַּרְדַּר — thistles · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּרְדַּר (1863), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thistles. BDB 1906: thistles. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּרְדַּר

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«דַּרְדַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thistles** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1863 · **BDB:** דַּרְדַּר²

### Glosses

thistle\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thistles [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1863/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thistles [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1863/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thistles (coll.) (Arabic دردار, still current in Pal., Löwp. 100; Ethiopic ደንደር ) קוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר Gn 3:18 (J) Ho 10:8 symbol of wildness, desert.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דַּרְדַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1863/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.18/)

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וְק֥וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֖ר תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ לָ֑ךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ אֶת־עֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and thorn\[s\] and thistle\[s\] it.will.cause.to.sprout for you and you.will.eat (et) the.vegetation of the.field

*JPS 1917:* Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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[Hosea 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.8/)

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וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת אָ֗וֶן חַטַּאת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ק֣וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֔ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמְר֤וּ לֶֽהָרִים֙ כַּסּ֔וּנוּ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת נִפְל֥וּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.destroyed \[the\].high.places of.wickedness the.sin of.Israel thorn\[s\] and thistle\[s\] it.will.grow.up over altars their and they.will.say to the mountains cover us and to the hills fall on us

*JPS 1917:* The high places also of Aven shall be destroyed, even the sin of Israel. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains: 'Cover us', and to the hills: 'Fall on us.'

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