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title: יְדוּתוּן — Jeduthun · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְדוּתוּן (3038), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Jeduthun. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְדוּתוּן

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«יְדוּתוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jeduthun** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 3038 · **BDB:** יְדוּתוּן

### Glosses

Jeduthun (12); of.Jeduthun (4); of.Jedithun (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jeduthun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3038/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3038/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. usually יְדוּתוּן; יְדֻתוּן 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15; יְדיּ֯תוּן ψ 39:1; 77:1; Ne 11:17; 1 Ch 16:38; chief of one of the three choirs of the temple (only Chr \& ψ-titles) 1 Ch 9:16; 16:38, 41, 42; 25:3(×3), 6 2 Ch 5:12; the king’s seer 35:15; his descendants formed one of the perpetual temple choirs בְּנֵי יְדוּתוּן 1 Ch 16:42; 25:1, 3 2 Ch 29:14; בֶּן־יְדיּ֯תוּן Ne 11:17. In ψ-titles על ידותון ψ 62:1, 77:1 (Qr); לִידיּתוּן 39:1 (לְ error for על־), all = after the manner of (the choir of) Yeduthun (musical term according to RSOTJC 442, 2nd ed. 143).—v. also LagOr ii. 16ff. and n.pr. אָסָף, הֵימָן (sub אמן), אֵיתָן (sub יתן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְדוּתוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3038/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לִֽידוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster for Jeduthun a.psalm of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

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[Psalms 62:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.62.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־יְדוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on Jeduthun a.psalm of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

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