--- title: יַרְדֵּן — Jordan · The Tanakh dictionary description: יַרְדֵּן (3383), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 182 times: Jordan. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3383.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-5.md)‎ / יַרְדֵּן‎ # יַרְדֵּן «יַרְדֵּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jordan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 182 times · **Key:** 3383 · **BDB:** יַרְדֵּן ### Glosses Jordan (95); the.Jordan (81); the (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) Jordan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3383/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.fl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3383/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. Jordan (according to Rel Ol§ 215 c, from ירד with ֵן for orig. ַן, cf. 𝔊 ὁ Ιορδανης; = river as flowing downward, descending, then of particular stream as river κατʼ ἐξοχήν. See also Sta§ 294e (ֵן for ֶן, but name according to Sta non-Hebr.))—abs. always הַיַּר׳ in prose Gn 13:10 + 162 times; c. ה loc. הַיַּרְדֵּ֫נָה Ju 8:4 + 3 times; יַרְדֵּן only ψ 42:7 Jb 40:23; cstr. יַרְדֵּן Nu 26:3 + 11 times Nu Jos + 1 Ch 6:63;—the river of Palestine: in all periods, chiefly Hex (122 times: Gn 5 times J; Nu 20 times P, 1 times JE; Dt 26 times; Jos 24 times JE, 20 times D, 16 times P), Ju (12 times), and S (18 times); in K 13 times; Ch 7 times; elsewhere 10 times;—הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה Gn 32:11 (J), Dt 3:27; 31:2 Jos 1:2, 11; 4:22 (all D); בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Gn 50:10, 11 (J), Jos 7:7; 24:8 (both JE), + 20 times D + Ju 5:17; 10:8 1 S 31:7; P has also מֵעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Nu 32:19, and מֵע׳ לַיַּרְדֵּן v 19, 32; 35:14 Jos 14:3, also Jos 17:5 (JE), 18:7 (D), Ju 7:25 1 Ch 12:37; 26:30; in P peculiarly יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ the Jordan of (at) Jericho, with עַל Nu 26:3, 63; 31:12; 33:48, 50; 35:1; 36:13, with מֵעֵבֶר לְ Nu 22:1; 34:15 Jos 13:32; 20:8 (= 1 Ch 6:63), with מִן Jos 16:1 (E?); עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Is 8:23 Dt 4:49 Jos 13:27 (P); see sub עבר; מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן Jos 3:13(×2); 4:18, 23 (all JE), 3:8; 5:1 (both D); מֵימֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן 4:7 (JE); גְּאוֹן הַיַּר׳ Je 12:5; 49:19; 50:44 Zc 11:3 (v. גאון p. 145 a, supr.); שְׂפַת הַיּר׳ 2 K 2:13; יוֹשֵׁב עַל־הַיָּם וְעַל יַד הַיַּרְדֵּן Nu 13:29 (JE; elsewhere in Nu, P); כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן the circle of Jordan, i.e. the plain about Jericho Gn 13:10, 11 (J), 1 K 7:46 2 Ch 4:17; מַעְבְּרוֹת הַיַּר׳ Ju 3:28; 12:5, 6 fords of the Jordan; אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל־עֵבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Jos 22:11, cf. v 10 (both P; v. גלילות supr. p. 165); אֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן ψ 42:7 (without art. only here and in foll.); יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּיהוּ Jb 40:23 a Jordan bursteth forth into his mouth. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 61 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יַרְדֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3383/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 114:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.114.3/) הַיָּ֣ם רָ֭אָה וַיָּנֹ֑ס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן יִסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃ *Word for word:* the sea it.saw and it.fled the Jordan it.turned.around to backwards *JPS 1917:* The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward. [Deuteronomy 4:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.41/) אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ *Word for word:* then he.set.apart Moses three cities on the.other.side of the.Jordan rising towards.\[the\] of.\[the\].sun *JPS 1917:* Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; - ← previous: [יֶרֶד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3382.md) - next →: [יָרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3384.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-5.md)