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title: זָכוּר — male · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָכוּר (2138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: male. BDB 1906: n.m. male. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָכוּר

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«זָכוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **male** — 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:** 2138 · **BDB:** זָכוּר

### Glosses

male (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

male [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2138/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. male [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2138/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. male, i.q. זָכָר, but only c. sf.;—coll. כָּל־זְכוּרְךָ Ex 23:17 = 34:23 (both JE), = Dt 16:16, of attendance at feasts; כָּל־זְכוּרָהּ (of city refusing terms of peace) Dt 20:13 commanded to be slain (opp. הַנָּשִׁים, הַטַּף, etc., v 14).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָכוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.17/)

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שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה יֵרָאֶה֙ כָּל־זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י הָאָדֹ֥ן ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* three times in the year he.will.present.himself every male your to the.presence of the.lord Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

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[Exodus 34:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.23/)

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שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה יֵרָאֶה֙ כָּל־זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ אֶת־פְּנֵ֛י הָֽאָדֹ֥ן ׀ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* three times in the year he.will.present.himself every male your with the.presence of the.lord Yahweh the.God of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

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