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title: אֲחִילוּד — Ahilud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִילוּד (286), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ahilud. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִילוּד

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«אֲחִילוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahilud** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 286 · **BDB:** אֲחִילוּד

### Glosses

of.Ahilud (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahilud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/286/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/286/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (according to Thes = אֲחִי יְלוּד child’s brother (?)) father of Jehoshaphat, David’s chronicler 2 S 8:16; 20:24 1 K 4:3 1 Ch 18:15. father of Baana, officer of Solomon 1 K 4:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «אֲחִילוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/286/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.24/)

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וַאֲדֹרָ֖ם עַל־הַמַּ֑ס וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and Adoram \[was\].over the.forced labor and Jehoshaphat the.son of.Ahilud \[was\].the recorder

*JPS 1917:* and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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[1 Kings 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.3/)

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אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* Elihoreph and Ahijah the.sons of.Shisha \[were\].scribes Jehoshaphat the.son of.Ahilud \[was\].the recorder

*JPS 1917:* Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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