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title: אוּלָם — Ulam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּלָם (198), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Ulam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּלָם

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«אוּלָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ulam** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 198 · **BDB:** אוּלָם²

### Glosses

of.Ulam (2); \[was\].Ulam (1); \[were\].Ulam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ulam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/198/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/198/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. only geneal. 1 Ch 7:16, 17. 1 Ch 8:39, 40.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּלָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/198/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.17/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אוּלָ֖ם בְּדָ֑ן אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד בֶּן־מָכִ֖יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ulam \[were\].Bedan these \[were\].the.descendants of.Gilead the.son of.Makir the.son of.Manasseh

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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[1 Chronicles 8:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.39/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י עֵ֣שֶׁק אָחִ֑יו אוּלָ֣ם בְּכֹר֔וֹ יְעוּשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וֶֽאֱלִיפֶ֖לֶט הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Eshek brother his \[was\].Ulam firstborn his \[was\].Jeush the second and.\[was\] Eliphelet the third

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

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