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title: אֲחִירָם — Ahiram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִירָם (297), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ahiram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִירָם

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«אֲחִירָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahiram** — 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:** 297 · **BDB:** אֲחִירָם

### Glosses

Ahiram (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahiram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/297/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/297/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (brother of (the) lofty = Ph. חרם v. חִירָם; cf. אֲבִירָם) son of Benj. Nu 26:38 (prob. = אחרח 1 Ch 8:1 v. Be) (cf. אֵחִי וָרֹאשׁ Gn 46:21).

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחִירָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/297/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.38/)

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בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִן֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְבֶ֗לַע מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַבַּלְעִ֔י לְאַשְׁבֵּ֕ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִ֑י לַאֲחִירָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאֲחִירָמִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Benjamin to clans their of Bela the.clan of the.Belaite\[s\] of Ashbel the.clan of the.Ashbelite\[s\] of Ahiram the.clan of the.Ahiramite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

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