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title: חִירָם — Hiram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִירָם (2438), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: Hiram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Hiram. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִירָם

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«חִירָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hiram** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 2438 · **BDB:** חִירָם

### Glosses

Hiram (19); of.Hiram (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hiram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2438/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Hiram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2438/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Hiram (Ph. חרם; abbr. from foregoing)—ח׳ 2 S 5:11 + 18 times 1 K + Kt 1 Ch 14:1 2 Ch 4:11; 9:10 (all Qr חוּרָם); חִירוֹם 1 K 5:24, 32; 7:40; also חוּרָם 1 Ch 8:5 + 9 times Ch.— king of Tyre, contemp. of David \& Solomon 2 S 5:11 1 K 5:15(×2), 16, 21, 22, 24, 25(×2), 26, 32; 9:11(×2), 12, 14, 27; 10:11, 22 1 Ch 14:1 2 Ch 2:2, 10, 11; 8:2, 18; 9:10, 21. an artificer of Tyre, sent by Hiram the king 1 K 7:13, 40(×2), 45 2 Ch 2:12; 4:11(×2), 16. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִירָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2438/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.16/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֶל־חִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Solomon to Hiram (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

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[1 Kings 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.13/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֥ח אֶת־חִירָ֖ם מִצֹּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the king Solomon and he.brought (et) Hiram from Tyre

*JPS 1917:* And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

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