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title: הֲדֹם — stool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲדֹם (1916), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: stool. BDB 1906: n.m. stool, footstool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲדֹם

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«הֲדֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stool** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1916 · **BDB:** הֲדֹם

### Glosses

the.footstool (4); \[is\].the.footstool (1); a.footstool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1916/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stool, footstool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1916/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. stool, footstool, always joined with רַגְלַיִם; only in poet. and late writings, (properly something cast down, low)—ה׳ abs. ψ 110:1 (or cstr. bef. לְ, cf. Ges§ 130, 1); cstr. La 2:1 + 4 times:—footstool, never lit., usually of י׳ Is 66:1 הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ ה׳ רַגְלַי; elsewhere with ref. to sanctuary ה׳ רַגְלָיו (cf. מְקוֹם רַגְלַי Is 60:13) La 2:1, or perhaps of ark (as place on which God rests) ψ 99:5; 132:7, בֵּית מְנוּחָה לַאֲרוֹן בְּרִית־י׳ וְלַה׳ רַגְלֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1 Ch 28:2; of conquest of enemies of Messianic king by Yahweh’s agency אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ ψ 110:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֲדֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1916/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.7/)

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נָב֥וֹאָה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* let.us.go to his.dwelling place(s) let.us.bow.down to the.footstool his.feet his

*JPS 1917:* Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool.

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[Psalms 99:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.99.5/)

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רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָ֗יו קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* exalt Yahweh God our and bow.down to the.footstool his.feet his \[is\].holy he

*JPS 1917:* Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He.

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