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title: יָדִיד — beloved · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָדִיד (3039), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: beloved. BDB 1906: adj. beloved. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָדִיד

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«יָדִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beloved** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3039 · **BDB:** יָדִיד

### Glosses

my.beloved (3); your.beloved (2); his.beloved (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beloved [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3039/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. beloved [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3039/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. (poet.) beloved (NH id., Aramaic ܝܰܕܺܝܕܳܐ )—cstr. יְדִיד Dt 33:12; sf. לִידִידִי Is 5:1(×2) Je 11:15; לִידִידוֹ ψ 127:2; pl. sf. יְדִידֶיךָ 60:7; 108:7; f. יְדִידֹת 45:1; יְדִידוֹת 84:2;— my beloved, used by proph. of י׳ under fig. of husbandman Is 5:1(×2); so my (thy, his) beloved Je 11:15 ψ 60:7 = 108:7, 127:2; beloved, of Benj. as beloved by י׳ Dt 33:12. lovely, מַה־יְּדִידוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ ψ 84:2 how lovely are thy habitations! fpl. as abstr. subst. שִׁיר יְדִידֹת ψ 45:1 = a song of love.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָדִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3039/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.2/)

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מַה־יְּדִיד֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* how! lovely dwelling.place(s) \[are\].your O.Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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[Psalms 60:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.60.7/)

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לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* so.that they may.be.rescued your.beloved \[ones\] save hand your.right and answer me

*JPS 1917:* That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

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