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title: יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו — Jericho · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו (3405), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: Jericho. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Jericho. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו

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«יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jericho** — 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:** 57 times · **Key:** 3405 · **BDB:** יְרִיחוֹ

### Glosses

of.Jericho (33); Jericho (24)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jericho [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3405/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Jericho [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3405/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Jericho (on form see Baer on Jos 2:1 Je 39:5 KöEinl. 49; √ and meaning dub.; according to Thes al. from רָוַח, = regio fragrans, the district abounding in palms, rose-gardens, balsam, etc.);—יְרִיחוֹ Jos 2:1 + 27 times Jos (19 times JE, 3 times D, 6 times P), + 5 times 2 K 2; יְרִחוֹ Jos 18:21 2 S 10:5 Je 39:5; 52:8; יְרִחֹה 1 K 16:34; יְרֵחוֹ Dt 34:1 (P), v 3 (D), Nu 22:1 (P) + 9 times P, 2 K 25:5 Ezr 2:34 Ne 3:2; 7:36 + 3 times Ch;—Canaanit. city taken by Josh. Jos 6:1 (JE) +; having a king 2:2, 3; 8:2; 10:1 (all JE), 10:28, 30; 12:9 (all D); near Jordan, whence (יְרִיחוֹ) יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ, v. יַרְדֵּן supr.; Mt. Nebo is described as עַל־פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ Dt 32:49; 34:1 (P); (called עִיר הַתְּמָרִים Jud 1:16; 3:13; so in appos. Dt 34:3 2 Ch 28:15); the adjacent plain is called בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ Dt 34:3 (JE); עַרְבוֹת יְרֵחוֹ 2 K 25:5 = Je 39:5 = 52:8; ע׳ יְרִיחוֹ Jos 4:13; 5:10 (both P); among returning exiles appear בְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ Ezr 2:34 = Ne 7:36, and among builders of wall אַנְשֵׁי יְרֵחוֹ Ne 3:2 (BeRy Ryle ad loc. and Ezr 2:34);—mod. rîḥâ; see also GASmGeogr. 266 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3405/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.34/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יְרֵח֔וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Jericho three hundred(s) forty and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

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[Nehemiah 7:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.36/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יְרֵח֔וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Jericho three hundred(s) forty and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

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