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title: חֹסָה — Hosah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹסָה (2621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Hosah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹסָה

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«חֹסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hosah** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2621 · **BDB:** חֹסָה

### Glosses

Hosah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hosah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (refuge)—name of one of the Levitical doorkeepers of the temple 1 Ch 16:38; 26:10, 11, 16. n.pr.loc. place in the tribe of Asher Jos 19:29; site unknown; 𝔊 Ιασιφ, A Σουσα, 𝔊L Ωσα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «חֹסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.11/)

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חִלְקִיָּ֤הוּ הַשֵּׁנִי֙ טְבַלְיָ֣הוּ הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֔י זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ הָרְבִעִ֑י כָּל־בָּנִ֧ים וְאַחִ֛ים לְחֹסָ֖ה שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Hilkiah the second \[was\].Tebaliah the third \[was\].Zechariah the fourth all \[the\].sons and relatives of Hosah \[were\].thir- teen

*JPS 1917:* Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

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[1 Chronicles 26:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.16/)

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לְשֻׁפִּ֤ים וּלְחֹסָה֙ לַֽמַּעֲרָ֔ב עִ֚ם שַׁ֣עַר שַׁלֶּ֔כֶת בַּֽמְסִלָּ֖ה הָעוֹלָ֑ה מִשְׁמָ֖ר לְעֻמַּ֥ת מִשְׁמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* to Shuppim and to Hosah to the west beside the.gate of.Shalleketh on the highway \[which\].goes up guard alongside guard

*JPS 1917:* To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward.

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