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title: זָמַן — be fixed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמַן (2163), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be fixed. BDB 1906: vb. be fixed, appointed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָמַן

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«זָמַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be fixed** — 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:** 2163 · **BDB:** זָמַן

### Glosses

appointed (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be fixed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2163/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be fixed, appointed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2163/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (Aramaic and late) only Pt. be fixed, appointed, of time (Arabic زَمِنَ continue, Aramaic Pa. זַמֵּן, ܙܰܡܶܢ summon to fixed time or place, invite, appoint; cf. זְמָ֑ן infr.)—עִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים Ezr 10:14 Ne 10:35; ע׳ מְזֻמָּנוֹת Ne 13:31.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָמַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2163/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 13:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.31/)

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וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן הָעֵצִ֛ים בְּעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנ֖וֹת וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑יםזָכְרָה־לִּ֥י אֱלֹהַ֖י לְטוֹבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and for the.offering of the.wood(s) at times appointed and for the first-fruits remember to me my.God my for good

*JPS 1917:* and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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[Nehemiah 10:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.35/)

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וְהַגּוֹרָל֨וֹת הִפַּ֜לְנוּ עַל־קֻרְבַּ֣ן הָעֵצִ֗ים הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ וְהָעָם֒ לְ֠הָבִיא לְבֵ֨ית אֱלֹהֵ֧ינוּ לְבֵית־אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ לְעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה לְבַעֵ֗ר עַל־מִזְבַּח֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ כַּכָּת֖וּב בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the lots we.have.cast on the.offering of the.wood(s) the priests the Levites and the people to bring.\[it\] to the.house our.God our to the.house our.ancestors our to times appointed a.year in a.year to burn.\[it\] on the.altar Yahweh God our according to \[what.is\].written in the law

*JPS 1917:* And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law;

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