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title: חֹתֶמֶת — signet-ring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹתֶמֶת (2858), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: signet-ring. BDB 1906: n.f. signet-ring. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹתֶמֶת

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«חֹתֶמֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **signet-ring** — 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:** 1 times · **Key:** 2858 · **BDB:** חֹתֶ֫מֶת

### Glosses

seal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

signet-ring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2858/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. signet-ring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2858/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. signet-ring—only הַח׳ Gn 38:25 (J; for i. חֹתָם v 18) the signet-ring (according to BöNÄ i, 23 fem. coll. the sealing-apparatus).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹתֶמֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2858/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.25/)

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הִ֣וא מוּצֵ֗את וְהִ֨יא שָׁלְחָ֤ה אֶל־חָמִ֙יהָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֣לֶּה לּ֔וֹ אָנֹכִ֖י הָרָ֑ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַכֶּר־נָ֔א לְמִ֞י הַחֹתֶ֧מֶת וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

*Word for word:* she \[was.being\].brought.out and she she.sent to father-in-law her (cmp) to a.man whom these \[belong\].to him I \[am\].pregnant and she.said investigate please \[belong\].to whom? the seal and the cords and the staff (the) these

*JPS 1917:* When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.'

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