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title: זַתּוּא — Zattu · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַתּוּא (2240), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Zattu. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַתּוּא

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«זַתּוּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zattu** — 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:** 2240 · **BDB:** זַתּוּא

### Glosses

of.Zattu (3); Zattu (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zattu [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2240/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2240/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 2:8 = Ne 7:13; cf. also Ezr 10:27 Ne 10:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «זַתּוּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2240/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.13/)

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בְּנֵ֣י זַתּ֔וּא שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Zattu eight hundred(s) forty and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

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[Ezra 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.8/)

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בְּנֵ֣י זַתּ֔וּא תְּשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Zattu nine hundred(s) and forty and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

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