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title: הִלֵּל — Hillel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הִלֵּל (1985), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hillel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הִלֵּל

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«הִלֵּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hillel** — 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:** 1985 · **BDB:** הִלֵּל

### Glosses

of.Hillel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hillel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1985/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1985/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (he hath praised; cf. NH n.pr. הִלֵּל, Hillel) father of a judge of Israel Ju 12:13, 15, called הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִי v. פִּרְעָתוֹן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הִלֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1985/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.13/)

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וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אַחֲרָ֖יו אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.judged after him (et) Israel Abdon the.son of.Hillel the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

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[Judges 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.15/)

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וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.died Abdon the.son of.Hillel the Pirathonite and he.was.buried at Pirathon in the.land of.Ephraim in the.hill.country of the.Amalekite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

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