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title: זֵתָם — Zetham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵתָם (2241), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Zetham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵתָם

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«זֵתָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zetham** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2241 · **BDB:** זֵתָם

### Glosses

Zetham (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zetham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2241/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2241/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (sub זית in Thes, = foregoing)—a Levite (Gershonite) 1 Ch 23:8, appar. son of לַעְדָּן and brother of יְחִיאֵל and יוֹאֵל; 26:22 appar. grandson of לַעְדָּן, and son of יְחִיאֵלִי (expressly called brother of יוֹאֵל); 𝔊 Ζεθομ, Ζοθομ, 𝔊L Ζηθαν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵתָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2241/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 23:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.8/)

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בְּנֵ֣י לַעְדָּ֗ן הָרֹ֧אשׁ יְחִיאֵ֛ל וְזֵתָ֥ם וְיוֹאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ladan \[were\].the chief Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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[1 Chronicles 26:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.22/)

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בְּנֵ֖י יְחִֽיאֵלִ֑י זֵתָם֙ וְיוֹאֵ֣ל אָחִ֔יו עַל־אֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Jehieli Zetham and Joel brother his \[were\].over the.storehouses of.the.house of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

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