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title: חֲמוֹר — Hamor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲמוֹר (2544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Hamor. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲמוֹר

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«חֲמוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hamor** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2544 · **BDB:** חֲמוֹר³

### Glosses

Hamor (7); of.Hamor (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hamor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Shechem (he-ass; v. RSK 220; Sem i. 449)—Gn 33:19; 34:2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 18(×2), 20, 24, 26; Jos 24:32; Ju 9:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲמוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 34:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.6/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֛א חֲמ֥וֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶ֖ם אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְדַבֵּ֖ר אִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Hamor the.father of.Shechem to Jacob to speak with him

*JPS 1917:* And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.

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[Genesis 34:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.18/)

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וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ דִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם בְּעֵינֵ֣י חֲמ֑וֹר וּבְעֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן־חֲמֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.good words their in the.eyes of.Hamor and in the.eyes of.Shechem the.son of.Hamor

*JPS 1917:* And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

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