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title: יִצְחָק — Isaac. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִצְחָק (3327), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 112 times: Isaac. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Isaac, son. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִצְחָק

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«יִצְחָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Isaac. Compare** — 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:** 112 times · **Key:** 3327 · **BDB:** יִצְחָק

### Glosses

Isaac (94); of.Isaac (17); \[were\].Isaac (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Isaac. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3327/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Isaac, son [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3327/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ισαακ: Isaac, son of Abr. and Sarah (he laugheth, cf. play upon name Gn 18:12 f. (J), 21:6 (E), 17:17, 19 (P); 26:8 (J));—יִצְּחָק Gn 21:3, 4, 5 (E) +, 24:62, 63, 67 (J) +, 17:19, 21 (P) +, (80 times Gn, 9 times Ex, 7 times Dt), Lv 26:42; Nu 32:11; Jos 24:3, 4; 1 K 18:36; 2 Ch 13:23; 1 Ch 1:28, 34(×2); 16:16; 29:18; 2 Ch 30:6; †יִשְׂחָק Je 33:26 ψ 105:9, and (= Israel) בָּמוֹת יִשְׂחָק Am 7:9, בֵּית יִשְׂחָק v 16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִצְחָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3327/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.6/)

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִצְחָ֖ק בִּגְרָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.dwelt Isaac in Gerar

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

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[1 Chronicles 1:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.28/)

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בְּנֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם יִצְחָ֖ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Abraham \[were\].Isaac and Ishmael

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

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