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title: יֶתֶר — Jether · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶתֶר (3500), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Jether. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶתֶר

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«יֶתֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jether** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 3500 · **BDB:** יֶ֫תֶר³

### Glosses

of.Jether (3); Jether (2); \[was\].Jether (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jether [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3500/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3500/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (abundance; on form and meaning of this and the foll. n.pr. v. LagBN52, 198)— father of Moses’ wife Ex 4:18 a (E; prob. textual error, elsewhere יִתְרוֹ, q.v.) eldest son of Gideon Ju 8:20, 𝔊 Ιεθερ. father of Amasa 1 K 2:5, 32 1 Ch 2:17, 𝔊 Ιεθερ; = יִתְרָא 2 S 17:25, 𝔊 Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; 𝔊L Ιεθερ. men of Judah, 𝔊 Ιεθερ: 1 Ch 2:32(×2). 1 Ch 4:17. a man of Asher 1 Ch 7:38 (= יִתְרָן v 37), 𝔊 Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, 𝔊L \[v 39\] Εθραν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶתֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3500/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.38/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י יֶ֑תֶר יְפֻנֶּ֥ה וּפִסְפָּ֖ה וַאְרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jether \[were\].Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

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[1 Chronicles 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.17/)

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וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Abigail she.bore (et) Amasa and the.father of.Amasa \[was\].Jether the Ishmaelite

*JPS 1917:* And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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