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title: זְמָן — appointed time · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְמָן (2165), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: appointed time. BDB 1906: n.m. appointed time, time. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְמָן

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«זְמָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **appointed time** — 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:** 2165 · **BDB:** זְמָ֑ן

### Glosses

an.appointed.time (2); their.appointed (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

appointed time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2165/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. appointed time, time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2165/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (late) appointed time, time (Arabic زَمَنٌ, Ethiopic ዘመን: Biblical Aramaic 𝔗 זְמַן, but Syriac ܙܰܒܢܳܐ, Mand. זיבנא, Mand. זבאן, v. NöM 152; on OPers. origin v. Biblical Aramaic Sam. ࠆࠁࠍ, Palm. זבנא, cf. ReckendorfZMG 1888, 394)—sg. זְמָ֑ן Ne 2:6 Ec 3:1; sf. וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם Est 9:27, בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶם v 31 (on Dagh. cf. Ges§ 20. 2. c).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְמָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2165/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.1/)

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לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* \[belongs\].to (the) everything an.appointed.time and a.time belongs\] to.every matter under the heavens

*JPS 1917:* To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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[Nehemiah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.6/)

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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗וֹ עַד־מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ וּמָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ זְמָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me the king and the queen-consort \[was\].sitting beside him until when? will.it.be journey your and when? will.you.return and it.was.good before the king and he sent.me and I gave to him an.appointed.time

*JPS 1917:* And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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