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title: זִמְרִי — Zimri · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִמְרִי (2174), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Zimri. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִמְרִי

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«זִמְרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zimri** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 2174 · **BDB:** זִמְרִי

### Glosses

Zimri (10); O.Zimri (1); \[was\].Zimri (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zimri [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ζαμβρ(ε)ι— a Simeoneite Nu 25:14 (P). grandson of Judah 2 Ch 2:6 (app. = זַבְדִּי Jos 7:1 q.v.) king of Isr. before Omri 1 K 16:9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20 2 K 9:31. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:36(×2) = 9:42(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִמְרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 9:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.31/)

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וְיֵה֖וּא בָּ֣א בַשָּׁ֑עַר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר הֲשָׁל֔וֹם זִמְרִ֖י הֹרֵ֥ג אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and Jehu he.came in the gate and she.said ? peace O.Zimri \[who\].murdered master(s) his

*JPS 1917:* And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said: 'Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?'

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[1 Chronicles 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.6/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Zerah \[were\].Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Kalkol and Dara of.them all \[were\].five

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

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