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title: כַּדְכֹּד — ruby · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּדְכֹּד (3539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ruby. BDB 1906: ruby. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּדְכֹּד

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«כַּדְכֹּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ruby** — 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:** 3539 · **BDB:** כַּדְכֹּד

### Glosses

ruby (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruby [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ruby [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a precious stone, perhaps ruby (from sparkle?; Aramaic ‖ is כַּדְכְּדָנָא); כ׳ Ez 27:16 as article of commerce; כַּדְכֹד Is 54:12 fig. in promise to Zion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «כַּדְכֹּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 54:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.12/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י כַּֽדְכֹד֙ שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ לְאַבְנֵ֣י אֶקְדָּ֑ח וְכָל־גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְ לְאַבְנֵי־חֵֽפֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make ruby battlements your and gates your (to) stones of.beryl and all border your (to) stones of.delight

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

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[Ezekiel 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.16/)

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אֲרָ֥ם סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ מֵרֹ֣ב מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ אַרְגָּמָ֨ן וְרִקְמָ֤ה וּבוּץ֙ וְרָאמֹ֣ת וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד נָתְנ֖וּ בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* Aram \[was\].your trader from the.abundance your.products your for turquoise purple and multicolored.material and fine.linen and corals and ruby they.exchanged for wares your

*JPS 1917:* Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

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