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title: יָהַד — become a Jew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָהַד (3054), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: become a Jew. BDB 1906: vb.denom. become Jew. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָהַד

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«יָהַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **become a Jew** — 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:** 3054 · **BDB:** יהד²

### Glosses

\[were\].becoming.Jews (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

become a Jew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3054/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. become Jew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3054/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. become a Jew—only pt. מִתְיַהֲדִים Est 8:17 many of the people of the land were becoming Jews.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָהַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3054/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.17/)

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וּבְכָל־מְדִינָ֨ה וּמְדִינָ֜ה וּבְכָל־עִ֣יר וָעִ֗יר מְקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְדָתוֹ֙ מַגִּ֔יעַ שִׂמְחָ֤ה וְשָׂשׂוֹן֙ לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה וְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב וְרַבִּ֞ים מֵֽעַמֵּ֤י הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ מִֽתְיַהֲדִ֔ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and in every province and province and in every city and city the.place (of).where the.word of the.king and law his \[was\].reaching gladness and joy \[belonged\].to the Jews a.feast and a.day good and many of the.peoples of the.land \[were\].becoming.Jews (dm) it.had.fallen dread of the.Jews on them

*JPS 1917:* And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.

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