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title: זְקֻנִים — old age · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְקֻנִים (2208), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: old age. BDB 1906: n.pl. old age. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְקֻנִים

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«זְקֻנִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **old age** — 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:** 2208 · **BDB:** זְקֻנִים

### Glosses

his.old (2); of.old.age(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2208/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl. old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2208/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.\[m.\] old age—בֶּן־ז׳ Gn 37:3 i.e. a late-born son; יֶלֶד ז׳ Gn 44:20 id.; (ילדה)בֵּן לִזְקֻנָיו Gn 21:2, 7 (all JE).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְקֻנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2208/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.7/)

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וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֤י מִלֵּל֙ לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם הֵינִ֥יקָה בָנִ֖ים שָׂרָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי בֵ֖ן לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and she.said who? has.he.said to Abraham she.has.nursed children Sarah (dm) I.have.borne a.son of his.old age(s)

*JPS 1917:* And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'

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[Genesis 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.2/)

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וַתַּהַר֩ וַתֵּ֨לֶד שָׂרָ֧ה לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם בֵּ֖ן לִזְקֻנָ֑יו לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and she.conceived and she.bore Sarah to Abraham a.son of his.old age(s) to the.appointed time which he.had.spoken him God

*JPS 1917:* And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

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