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title: אֲחִימַעַץ — Ahimaaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִימַעַץ (290), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Ahimaaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִימַעַץ

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«אֲחִימַעַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahimaaz** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 290 · **BDB:** אֲחִימַ֫עַץ

### Glosses

Ahimaaz (12); of.Ahimaaz (2); \[are\].Ahimaaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahimaaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/290/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/290/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my brother is wrath) son of Zadok 2 S 15:27, 36; 17:17, 20; 18:19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 1 Ch 5:34 (אֲחִימָ֑עַץ) v 35; 6:38; perhaps also 1 K 4:15 (son-in-law of Sol.) אֲחִימָ֑עַץ, father-in-law of Saul 1 S 14:50.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 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 «אֲחִימַעַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/290/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.38/)

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צָד֥וֹק בְּנ֖וֹ אֲחִימַ֥עַץ בְּנֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* Zadok son his Ahimaaz son his

*JPS 1917:* Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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[1 Chronicles 5:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.34/)

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וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־צָד֔וֹק וְצָד֖וֹק הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃

*Word for word:* and Ahitub he.fathered (et) Zadok and Zadok he.fathered (et) Ahimaaz

*JPS 1917:* and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;

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