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title: יָתֵד — pin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָתֵד (3489), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: pin. BDB 1906: n.f. peg, pin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָתֵד

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«יָתֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pin** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 3489 · **BDB:** יָתֵד

### Glosses

the.tent.pegs (5); peg (4); pegs (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3489/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. peg, pin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3489/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dt 23:14 Ju 4:21 peg, pin (NH id.; Arabic وَتِدٌ )—יָתֵד Dt 23:14 + 9 times; cstr. יְתַד Ju 4:21; 16:14 (where c. art. but v. Ges§ 127, R. 4a); pl. יְתֵדֹת Ex 38:20; cstr. יִתְדֹת 27:19 + 4 times; sf. וִיתֵידֹתַיִךְ Is 54:2; יְתֵדֹתָיו Ex 27:19 Is 33:20; וִיתֵדֹתֶיהָ Ex 39:40; וִיתֵדֹתָם Nu 3:37; 4:32;—pin, peg, especially 2 Ju 5:26; 4:21; יְתַד הָאֹהֶל v 22; read perhaps also Jb 4:21 (fig.; cf. ii. יֶתֶר); often of tabernacle Ex 27:19(×2); 35:18(×2); 38:20, 31(×2); ‖מֵיתָרָיו 39:40, cf. Nu 3:37; 4:32 (all P); of Zion under fig. of tent Is 33:20; 54:2; fig. of ruler as support of state Zc 10:4. a peg for hanging Ez 15:3; so fig. of Eliakim Is 22:23, 24; of secure position Ezr 9:8 (cf. Arabic, v. Thes Hi Hariri 361 Der., ثابت الأَوْتَادِ of a king). for digging Dt 23:14 (= spade). the pin or stick used in beating up the woof in the loom Ju 16:14a, vid. GFMPAOS, Oct. 1889, clxxvi. ff.; in היתד הארג v b, del. היתד (Id.ib and in Comm. ad loc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 2 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָתֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3489/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 35:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.18/)

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אֶת־יִתְדֹ֧ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת־יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶחָצֵ֖ר וְאֶת־מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.tent.pegs of the.tabernacle and (et) the.tent.pegs of the.courtyard and (et) tent-cords their

*JPS 1917:* the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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[Exodus 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.20/)

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וְֽכָל־הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ס

*Word for word:* and all the.tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard all.around \[were\].bronze

*JPS 1917:* And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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