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title: זִמָּה — Zimmah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִמָּה (2155), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zimmah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִמָּה

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«זִמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zimmah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2155 · **BDB:** זִמָּה²

### Glosses

of.Zimmah (2); Zimmah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zimmah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2155/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2155/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. of several Levites (Gershonites)— 1 Ch 6:5. 1 Ch 6:27. 2 Ch 29:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2155/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.27/)

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בֶּן־אֵיתָ֥ן בֶּן־זִמָּ֖ה בֶּן־שִׁמְעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Ethan the.son of.Zimmah the.son of.Shimei

*JPS 1917:* the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei;

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[1 Chronicles 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.5/)

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לְֽגֵרְשׁ֑וֹם לִבְנִ֥י בְנ֛וֹ יַ֥חַת בְּנ֖וֹ זִמָּ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* of Gershom Libni son his Jahath son his Zimmah son his

*JPS 1917:* Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son;

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