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title: חֹר — noble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹר (2715), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: noble. BDB 1906: n.m. noble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹר

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«חֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **noble** — 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:** 2715 · **BDB:** חֹר³

### Glosses

nobles (8); the.nobles (4); of.nobles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

noble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2715/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. noble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2715/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 21:8 noble, late, especially Neh., v. DrIntr. 519 n. (v. LagBN 32) cf. NöZMG lvii (1903), 416.—only pl. חֹרִים 1 K 21:8 + 6 times, חוֹרִים Ec 10:17, Ne 6:17 + 3 times; sf. חֹרֶיהָ Is 34:12;—nobles in Naboth’s city 1 K 21:8, 11; nobles of Judah, חֹרֵי יְהוּדָה 6:17; 13:17 Je 27:20; 39:6 Ne 6:17; 13:17, הח׳ והסגנים (in Jerusalem) Ne 2:16; 4:8, 13; 5:7; 7:5, Ec 10:17, of Edom Is 34:12.—i. חֹר, v. ii. חור.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2715/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 34:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.12/)

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חֹרֶ֥יהָ וְאֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם מְלוּכָ֣ה יִקְרָ֑אוּ וְכָל־שָׂרֶ֖יהָ יִ֥הְיוּ אָֽפֶס׃

*Word for word:* nobles its and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] there \[that.which\].a.kingship people.will.call and all princes its they.will.be nothing

*JPS 1917:* As for her nobles, none shall be there to be called to the kingdom; and all her princes shall be nothing.

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[Jeremiah 39:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.6/)

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וַיִּשְׁחַט֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֜ל אֶת־בְּנֵ֧י צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ בְּרִבְלָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו וְאֵת֙ כָּל־חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה שָׁחַ֖ט מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.slaughtered the.king of.Babylon (et) the.sons of.Zedekiah at Riblah to eyes his and (et) all the.nobles of.Judah he.slaughtered the.king of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

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