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title: חֶתְלֹן — Hethlon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶתְלֹן (2855), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hethlon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶתְלֹן

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«חֶתְלֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hethlon** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2855 · **BDB:** חֶתְלֹן

### Glosses

of.Hethlon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hethlon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc., on the extreme northern boundary of Isr. territory (in Ezek.’s conception), only דֶּרֶךְ(־)ח׳ Ez 47:15; 48:1; mod. Ḥeitela nearly two hours from sea-coast, according to FurrerZPV viii, 27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «חֶתְלֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 47:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.15/)

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וְזֶ֖ה גְּב֣וּל הָאָ֑רֶץ לִפְאַ֨ת צָפ֜וֹנָה מִן־הַיָּ֧ם הַגָּד֛וֹל הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ חֶתְלֹ֖ן לְב֥וֹא צְדָֽדָה׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the.boundary of the.land to.\[the\] side northward of from the sea (the) great the direction of.Hethlon Lebo to Zedad

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be the border of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;

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[Ezekiel 48:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.1/)

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וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֣ה צָפ֡וֹנָה אֶל־יַ֣ד דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֶתְלֹ֣ן ׀ לְֽבוֹא־חֲמָ֡ת חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָן֩ חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָן֩ גְּב֨וּל דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂק צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד חֲמָ֔ת וְהָיוּ־ל֧וֹ פְאַת־קָדִ֛ים הַיָּ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.names of the.tribes from.\[the\] end northward of to the.hand of.the.road of.Hethlon Lebo Hamath Hazar Enan the.border of.Damascus northward to the.hand of.Hamath and they.will.belong to him \[the\].side of.\[the\].east the sea Dan one.\[portion\]

*JPS 1917:* Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, northward, beside Hamath; and they shall have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion.

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