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title: אַחֲוָה — brotherhood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחֲוָה (264), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: brotherhood. BDB 1906: n.f. brotherhood. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחֲוָה

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«אַחֲוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brotherhood** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 264 · **BDB:** אַחֲוָה

### Glosses

brotherhood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brotherhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/264/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. brotherhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/264/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. brotherhood הָא׳ Zc 11:14 (between Judah \& Israel).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחֲוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/264/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.14/)

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וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙ אֶת־מַקְלִ֣י הַשֵּׁנִ֔י אֵ֖ת הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים לְהָפֵר֙ אֶת־הָֽאַחֲוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.cut.up (et) staff my (the) second (et) (the) Union to break (et) the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel

*JPS 1917:* Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken.

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