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title: דָּרוֹם — south · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּרוֹם (1864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: south. BDB 1906: n.m. south times. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּרוֹם

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«דָּרוֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **south** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 1864 · **BDB:** דָּרוֹם²

### Glosses

the.south (10); south (5); \[the\].south (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

south [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. south times [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1864/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. south (poet. \& late) (on formation cf. Ol§ 216 a Sta§ 295)—דָּרוֹם Jb 37:17 + 16 times + Ez 40:27 b. 28 b (del. 𝔖 Co in v 27 b; AB 𝔖 Co in v 28 b—south, Ez 42:18 (over against קָדִים, צָפוֹן, יָם); 12 times more in Ezek.) of wh. Co del. 2, cf. supr.) 21:2 (= תֵּימָנָה and נֶגֶב); דֶּרֶךְ הַדּ׳ toward south 40:24(×2), 27, read also דֶּרֶךְ הַדּ׳ 42:10 for ד׳ הַקָּדִים 𝔊 Ke Co; שַׁעַר הַדּ׳ south gate 40:\[27\], 28, \[28\] cf. Co supr., 40:44 (opp. צפון; also קדים), v 45 (opp. צפון) 42:12 = לַדָּ׳ 41:11 (opp. צפון), לִשְׁכוֹת הד׳ 42:13 (opp. צפון). Elsewhere only Dt 33:23 (‖ יַם), Jb 37:17; Ec 1:6; 11:3 (both opp. צפון).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּרוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.17/)

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אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ חַמִּ֑ים בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט אֶ֝֗רֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* \[you\].whom clothes your \[are\].hot when is.still \[the\].earth from.\[the\] south

*JPS 1917:* Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind;

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[Ezekiel 42:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.42.18/)

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אֵ֛ת ר֥וּחַ הַדָּר֖וֹם מָדָ֑ד חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת קָנִ֖ים בִּקְנֵ֥ה הַמִּדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.side of the.south he.measured five hundred(s) reeds by the.reed of.(the) measurement

*JPS 1917:* He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

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