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title: חֶצְרוֹן — Hezron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶצְרוֹן (2696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Hezron. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶצְרוֹן

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«חֶצְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hezron** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 2696 · **BDB:** חֶצְרוֹן

### Glosses

Hezron (10); of.Hezron (5); \[were\].Hezron (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hezron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2696/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2696/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. et pers. (cf. Sab. חצֿרן n.pr.loc. vel. trib. HalNo. 651 DHMZMG 1883, 15)— n.pr.loc. 𝔊 Ασωρων, Ασερων, Εσρωμ: חֶצְרוֹן Jos 15:3 place in extreme south of Judah, + אַדָּ֫רָה = חֲצַר־אַדָּר (q.v.) Nu 34:4. קְרִיּוֹת חֶצְרוֹן הִיא חָצוֹר Jos 15:25 another town of Judah in south. n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ασρωμ(ν), Εσρων, etc.: חֶצְרֹן son of Reuben Gn 46:9; Ex 6:14; Nu 26:6 = חֶצְרוֹן 1 Ch 5:3. son of Pereṣ and grandson of Judah Gn 46:12; Nu 26:21 = חֶצְרוֹן Ru 4:18, 19; 1 Ch 2:5, 9, 18, 21, 24(×2), 25; 4:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶצְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.5/)

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בְּנֵי־פֶ֖רֶץ חֶצְר֥וֹן וְחָמֽוּל׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Perez \[were\].Hezron and Hamul

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

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[Ruth 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.18/)

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְד֣וֹת פָּ֔רֶץ פֶּ֖רֶץ הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־חֶצְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.descendants of.Perez Perez he.fathered (et) Hezron

*JPS 1917:* Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;

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