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title: חֹטֵר — branch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹטֵר (2415), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: branch. BDB 1906: n.m. branch twig, rod. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹטֵר

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«חֹטֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **branch** — 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:** 2415 · **BDB:** חֹ֫טֶר

### Glosses

a.branch (1); a.rod (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

branch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2415/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. branch twig, rod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2415/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. branch or twig, rod—metaph. abs. ח׳ branch, twig, Is 11:1 ויצא ח׳ מִגֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י (‖ נֵצֶר); cstr. rod, בְּפִי־אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָ֑ה Pr 14:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹטֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2415/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.3/)

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בְּֽפִי־אֱ֭וִיל חֹ֣טֶר גַּאֲוָ֑ה וְשִׂפְתֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].in.\[the\] mouth of.a.fool a.rod of.pride and.\[the\] lips of.wise.\[people\] it preserves.them

*JPS 1917:* In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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[Isaiah 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.1/)

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וְיָצָ֥א חֹ֖טֶר מִגֵּ֣זַע יִשָׁ֑י וְנֵ֖צֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו יִפְרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.go.forth a.branch from the.rootstock of.Jesse and a.shoot from roots his it.will.bear.fruit

*JPS 1917:* And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.

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