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title: חוּל — Hul · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוּל (2343), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hul. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוּל

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«חוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hul** — 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:** 2343 · **BDB:** חוּל²

### Glosses

Hul (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hul [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2343/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2343/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a ‘son’ of Aramaic Gn 10:23 = 1 Ch 1:17, named between עוּץ and גֶּתֶר 𝔊 Ουλ.

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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 (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2343/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.23/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י אֲרָ֑ם ע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמַֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Aram \[were\].Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

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[1 Chronicles 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.17/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שֵׁ֔ם עֵילָ֣ם וְאַשּׁ֔וּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֣וּד וַאֲרָ֑ם וְע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shem \[were\].Elam and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech

*JPS 1917:* The Sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

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