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title: יְרֵשָׁה — a possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרֵשָׁה (3424), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a possession. BDB 1906: n.f. possession. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרֵשָׁה

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«יְרֵשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a possession** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3424 · **BDB:** יְרֵשָׁה

### Glosses

a.possession (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3424/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3424/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a possession, used of nation וְהָיָה אֱדוֹם יְרֵשַׁה וְהָיָה יְרֵשָׁה שֵׂעִיר אֹיְבָיו Nu 24:18 (JE).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «יְרֵשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3424/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.18/)

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וְהָיָ֨ה אֱד֜וֹם יְרֵשָׁ֗ה וְהָיָ֧ה יְרֵשָׁ֛ה שֵׂעִ֖יר אֹיְבָ֑יו וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹ֥שֶׂה חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be Edom a.possession and it.will.be a.possession Seir enemies its and Israel \[will.be\].doing strength

*JPS 1917:* And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly.

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