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title: חֹרִי — Hori · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹרִי (2753), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Hori. BDB 1906: adj. n.pr.gent. pers. adj. gent. n.pr.gent. n.pr.pers.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹרִי

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«חֹרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hori** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2753 · **BDB:** חֹרִי⁴

### Glosses

Hori (1); \[were\].Hori (1); of.Hori (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hori [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2753/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. n.pr.gent. pers. adj. gent. n.pr.gent. n.pr.pers.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2753/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj., usually n.pr.gent. et pers. (prob. = cave-dweller, so Thes Rob-Ges. MV VB; v. also W Max Müll Asien u. Europa 136, 155, 156)— adj. gent. שֵׂעִיר הַח׳ Gn 36:20 Seir the Horite (P); read הַח׳ also v 2 for MT הַחִוִּי. n.pr.gent. always c. art.; usually sg. coll. הַחֹרִי, ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gn 14:6 (בְּהַרֲרָם שֵׂעִיר); in P called בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם 36:21 (vid. v 20); cf. v 29, 30; according to Dt 2:12 (where alone הַחֹרִים), v 22 they were driven out by sons of Esau (yet v. Gn 36l. c. and Di); 𝔊 ὁ Χορραιος, οἱ Χορραιοι, (Gn 36:29, 30 Χορρ(ε)ι). n.pr.pers.m. חֹרִי an Edomite Gn 36:22 = 1 Ch 1:39; 𝔊 Χορρ(ε)ι. חוֹרי a Simeonite Nu 13:5, but 𝔊 Σουρ(ε)ι, 𝔊L Σουδρι.—i. חֹרִי v. sub i. חור.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2753/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.5/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה שִׁמְע֔וֹן שָׁפָ֖ט בֶּן־חוֹרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Simeon Shaphat the.son of.Hori

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

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[1 Chronicles 1:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.39/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י לוֹטָ֖ן חֹרִ֣י וְהוֹמָ֑ם וַאֲח֥וֹת לוֹטָ֖ן תִּמְנָֽע׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Lotan \[were\].Hori and Homam and.\[was\] the.sister of.Lotan Timna

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

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