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title: דָּתָן — Dathan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּתָן (1885), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Dathan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּתָן

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«דָּתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dathan** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1885 · **BDB:** דָּתָן

### Glosses

Dathan (9); \[was.the\].Dathan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dathan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1885/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1885/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. Assyrian Datana Shlm Obelisk, 1. 161) a Reubenite, son of Eliab Nu 16:1, 12, 24, 25, 27(×2); 26:9(×2) Dt 11:6 ψ 106:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1885/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.17/)

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תִּפְתַּח־אֶ֭רֶץ וַתִּבְלַ֣ע דָּתָ֑ן וַ֝תְּכַ֗ס עַל־עֲדַ֥ת אֲבִירָֽם׃

*Word for word:* it.opened \[the\].earth and it.swallowed.up Dathan and it.covered over the.company of.Abiram

*JPS 1917:* The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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[Numbers 16:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.24/)

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דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־הָעֵדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵֽעָלוּ֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב לְמִשְׁכַּן־קֹ֖רַח דָּתָ֥ן וַאֲבִירָֽם׃

*Word for word:* speak to the congregation (cmp) take.yourselves.up from round.about (to).the dwelling.place of.Korah Dathan and Abiram

*JPS 1917:* 'Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'

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