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title: זֵיתָן — Zethan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵיתָן (2133), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zethan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵיתָן

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«זֵיתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zethan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2133 · **BDB:** זֵיתָן

### Glosses

Zethan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zethan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2133/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2133/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (? olive-tree)—a Benjamite 1 Ch 7:10, 𝔊 Ζαιθαν, 𝔊L Ζηθα.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵיתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2133/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.10/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יְדִיעֲאֵ֖ל בִּלְהָ֑ן וּבְנֵ֣י בִלְהָ֗ן יְע֡וּשׁ וּ֠בִנְיָמִן וְאֵה֤וּד וּֽכְנַעֲנָה֙ וְזֵיתָ֔ן וְתַרְשִׁ֖ישׁ וַאֲחִישָֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jediael \[were\].Bilhan and the.sons of.Bilhan Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Kenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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