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title: יְתֵת — Jetheth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְתֵת (3509), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Jetheth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְתֵת

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«יְתֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jetheth** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3509 · **BDB:** יְתֵת

### Glosses

Jetheth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jetheth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3509/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3509/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an Edomite chief Gn 36:40, 𝔊 Ιεβερ = 1 Ch 1:51, 𝔊 Ιεθετ; 𝔊L in both Ιεθερ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְתֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3509/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.51/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת הֲדָ֑דס וַיִּהְיוּ֙ אַלּוּפֵ֣י אֱד֔וֹם אַלּ֥וּף תִּמְנָ֛ע אַלּ֥וּף עַֽלְוָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף יְתֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Hadad and they.were the.chiefs of.Edom chief Timna chief Alvah chief Jetheth

*JPS 1917:* And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth;

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[Genesis 36:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.40/)

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וְ֠אֵלֶּה שְׁמ֞וֹת אַלּוּפֵ֤י עֵשָׂו֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם לִמְקֹמֹתָ֖ם בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם אַלּ֥וּף תִּמְנָ֛ע אַלּ֥וּף עַֽלְוָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף יְתֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.names of.the.chiefs of.Esau to clans their to places their by names their chief Timna chief Alvah chief Jetheth

*JPS 1917:* And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth;

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