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title: אֲחֻזָּה — possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחֻזָּה (272), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 66 times: possession. BDB 1906: n.f. possession. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחֻזָּה

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«אֲחֻזָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **possession** — 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:** 66 times · **Key:** 272 · **BDB:** אֲחֻזָּה

### Glosses

a.possession (19); possession (15); the.possession (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/272/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/272/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. possession—א׳ Gn 47:11 + 11 times; cstr. אֲחֻזַּת Gn 17:8 + 21 times; sf. אֲחֻזָּתְֽךָ ψ 2:8;—possession, P \& late; of landed property Gn 47:11 Lv 14:34; 25:10, 13, 25, 27, 28, 33 (houses) 41, 45, 46 Nu 27:4; 32:5, 22, 29; 35:8 Dt 32:49 Jos 21:12, 39 Ez 44:28; 45:5, 6, 7(×2), 8 46:18(×3); 48:20, 21, 22(×2) 1 Ch 7:28; 9:2 2 Ch 11:14; 31:1 Ne 11:3; c. אֶרֶץ, א׳ אֲחֻזָּה = land possessed, one’s own land Gn 36:43 Lv 14:34; 25:24 Nu 35:28 Jos 22:4, 9, 19(×2), cf. אֲחֻזַּת הָאָרֶץ Lv 27:24; c. שָׂדֶה, שׂ׳ אֲחֻזָּה Lv 27:16, 22, 28, cf. v 21; c. עִור, ע׳ אֲחֻזָּה Lv 25:32, 33; אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָה = possession by right of inheritance Nu 27:7; 32:32, \& נַחֲלַת א׳ 35:2 cf. א׳ בְּנַחֲלָה Ez 46:16 (but Co as Nu 27:7 so B); אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר Gn 23:4, 9, 20; 49:30; 50:13; א׳ עוֹלָם Gn 17:8; 48:4 Lv 25:34; in promise to Davidic king וַאֲחֻזָּתְֽךָ אַסְפֵי־אָרֶץ ψ 2:8 (‖ נַחֲלָה); fig. of י׳ as portion of Levit. priests Ez 44:28 (‖ נַחֲלָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 57 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחֻזָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/272/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 25:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.13/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֥ת הַיּוֹבֵ֖ל הַזֹּ֑את תָּשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* in the.year of the.jubilee (the) this you.will.return each.one to possession his

*JPS 1917:* In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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[Leviticus 25:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.24/)

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וּבְכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֑ם גְּאֻלָּ֖ה תִּתְּנ֥וּ לָאָֽרֶץ׃ס

*Word for word:* and in all the.land your.possession your the.right.of.redemption you.will.give for the land

*JPS 1917:* And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

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