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title: אָטָד — bramble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָטָד (329), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: bramble. BDB 1906: n.m. bramble, buck-thorn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָטָד

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«אָטָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bramble** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 329 · **BDB:** אָטָד

### Glosses

bush (3); a.thorn.bush (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bramble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/329/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bramble, buck-thorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/329/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 9:15 bramble, buck-thorn (cf. Che ψ 58:10) (rhamnus, Arabic أَطَد, Assyrian eṭidu v. DlW, No. 153, Aramaic אַטְדָּא, ܐܛܕܐ cf. Löw No. 15) contr. עֵצִים Ju 9:14, 15(×2) (personif., in fable); ψ 58:10 as fuel (in fig., cf. Che); בְּגֹרֶן הָא׳, n.loc., Gn 50:10, 11 (v. גֹּרֶן \& אבל מצרים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָטָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/329/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.10/)

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בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* before they.will.perceive pots your a.thorn.bush like alive like burning he will.sweep.it.away

*JPS 1917:* Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

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[Judges 9:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.14/)

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וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָטָ֑ד לֵ֥ךְ אַתָּ֖ה מְלָךְ־עָלֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.said all the trees to the.thorn bush come you reign over us

*JPS 1917:* Then said all the trees unto the bramble: Come thou, and reign over us.

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