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title: חָרָן — Haran · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרָן (2771), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Haran. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרָן

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«חָרָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Haran** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2771 · **BDB:** חָרָן²

### Glosses

Haran (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Haran [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2771/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2771/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Caleb of Judah 1 Ch 2:46(×2); 𝔊 Αρραν, 𝔊L Ωρων (Sab. n.pr. חרן DHMEpigr. Dakm. 56).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2771/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.46/)

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וְעֵיפָה֙ פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ כָּלֵ֔ב יָֽלְדָ֛ה אֶת־חָרָ֥ן וְאֶת־מוֹצָ֖א וְאֶת־גָּזֵ֑ז וְחָרָ֖ן הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־גָּזֵֽז׃ס

*Word for word:* and Ephah the.concubine of.Caleb she.bore (et) Haran and (et) Moza and (et) Gazez and Haran he.fathered (et) Gazez

*JPS 1917:* And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.

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