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title: יְרֻשָּׁה — a possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרֻשָּׁה (3425), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: a possession. BDB 1906: n.f. possession, inheritance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרֻשָּׁה

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«יְרֻשָּׁה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 3425 · **BDB:** יְרֻשָּׁה

### Glosses

a.possession (8); possession (3); its.possession (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. possession, inheritance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (a) possession, inheritance;—abs. יר׳ Dt 2:5 + 7 times, cstr. יְרֻשַּׁת Ju 21:17 ψ 61:6 (but on text v. infr.); sf. יְרֻשָּֽׁתְךָ 2 Ch 20:11; יְרֻשָּׁתוֹ Dt 2:12; 3:20; יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם Jos 1:15;—used of land Dt 2:5, 9(×2), 19(×2); 3:20; אֶרֶץ יְרֻשָּׁתוֹ 2:12 the land of his possession, so Jos 1:15; further, 12:6, 7 Ju 21:17 (but BuRS 152 נִשְׁאֲרָה), Je 32:8 ψ 61:6 (but אֲרֶשֶׁת request, cf. Checrit. n.), 2 Ch 20:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «יְרֻשָּׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.17/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.said a.possession of.\[the\].escaped.remnant \[belongs\].to Benjamin and not it.will.be.wiped.out a.tribe from Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

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[Psalms 61:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.61.6/)

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כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִנְדָרָ֑י נָתַ֥תָּ יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת יִרְאֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you O.God you.have.listened to vows my you.have.given the.possession of.\[those\].fearing name (of).your

*JPS 1917:* For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows; Thou hast granted the heritage of those that fear Thy name.

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