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title: דַּרְקוֹן — Darkon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּרְקוֹן (1874), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Darkon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּרְקוֹן

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«דַּרְקוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Darkon** — 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:** 1874 · **BDB:** דַּרְקוֹן

### Glosses

of.Darkon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Darkon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1874/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1874/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of a family of Nethinim, who went up with Zerubbabel, בְּנֵי־ד׳ Ezr 2:56 = Ne 7:58.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דַּרְקוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1874/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.56/)

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בְּנֵי־יַעְלָ֥ה בְנֵי־דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Jaala the.descendants of.Darkon the.descendants of.Giddel

*JPS 1917:* the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;

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[Nehemiah 7:58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.58/)

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בְּנֵי־יַעְלָ֥א בְנֵי־דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Jaala the.descendants of.Darkon the.descendants of.Giddel

*JPS 1917:* the children of Jala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;

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