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title: הֹר — Hor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֹר (2023), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Hor. BDB 1906: n.pr.mont. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֹר

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«הֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hor** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 2023 · **BDB:** הֹר

### Glosses

Hor (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2023/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.mont. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2023/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.mont. mt. on border of Edom, always הֹר הָהָר, named as stage in Isr.’s journey to Canaan Nu 20:22; 21:4; 33:37 Dt 32:50; as place of Aaron’s death Nu 20:23, 25, 27; 33:38, 39, 41 Dt 32:50 (all P); = mod. Jebel Nebi Hârûn c. 50 miles S. of Dead Sea, just S. (SW.) of Petra, according to RobBR ii, 125, 152, cf. 519 ff. BdPal. 153; disputed by Ew Kn Di, \& especially TrumbullKadesh Barnea 128 ff., who thinks of J. Madurah, NW. of Edom. a NE. spur of Lebanon Nu 34:7, 8 (P); mod. Jebel ʿAkkar cf. PorterDamascus, ed. 2, p. 333 NbrGéogr. du Talm. p. 9 FurrerZPV viii. 27; yet v. Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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 «הֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2023/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.41/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵהֹ֣ר הָהָ֑ר וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּצַלְמֹנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Hor the mountain and they.encamped at Zalmonah

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

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[Numbers 20:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.22/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִקָּדֵ֑שׁ וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל כָּל־הָעֵדָ֖ה הֹ֥ר הָהָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Kadesh and they.came the.people of.Israel all the congregation Hor the mountain

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.

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