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title: חִירָה — Hirah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִירָה (2437), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hirah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִירָה

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«חִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hirah** — 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:** 2437 · **BDB:** חִירָה

### Glosses

Hirah (1); \[was\].Hirah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hirah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2437/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. sub I. חור.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (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 «חִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2437/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא וַיֵּ֥רֶד יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵאֵ֣ת אֶחָ֑יו וַיֵּ֛ט עַד־אִ֥ישׁ עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ חִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was at the time (the) that and he.went.down Judah from with brothers his and he.turned.aside to a.man an.Adullamite and name his \[was\].Hirah

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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[Genesis 38:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.12/)

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וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַתָּ֖מָת בַּת־שׁ֣וּעַ אֵֽשֶׁת־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיַּ֜עַל עַל־גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י צֹאנוֹ֙ ה֗וּא וְחִירָ֛ה רֵעֵ֥הוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י תִּמְנָֽתָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.increased the days and she.died the.daughter of.Shua the.wife of.Judah and he.was.comforted Judah and he.went.up to the.shearers his.sheep his he and Hirah friend his the Adullamite to Timnah

*JPS 1917:* And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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