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title: כְּרוּב — Cherub · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּרוּב (3743), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Cherub. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּרוּב

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«כְּרוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cherub** — 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:** 3743 · **BDB:** כְּרוּב

### Glosses

Kerub (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cherub [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3743/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3743/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Babylonia Esr 2:59; Neh 7:61.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּרוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3743/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.59/)

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וְאֵ֗לֶּה הָֽעֹלִים֙ מִתֵּ֥ל מֶ֙לַח֙ תֵּ֥ל מֶ֙לַח֙ תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א כְּר֥וּב אַדָּ֖ן אִמֵּ֑ר וְלֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לְהַגִּ֤יד בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם אִ֥ם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the \[ones.who\].came.up from Tel Melah Tel Harsha Kerub Addon Immer and not they.were.able to declare the.house their.ancestors their and offspring their if \[were\].from Israel they

*JPS 1917:* And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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[Nehemiah 7:61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.61/)

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וְאֵ֗לֶּה הָֽעוֹלִים֙ מִתֵּ֥ל מֶ֙לַח֙ תֵּ֥ל מֶ֙לַח֙ תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א כְּר֥וּב אַדּ֖וֹן וְאִמֵּ֑ר וְלֹ֣א יָכְל֗וּ לְהַגִּ֤יד בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם אִ֥ם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the \[ones.who\].came.up from Tel Melah Tel Harsha Kerub Addon and Immer and not they.were.able to declare the.house their.ancestors their and offspring their if \[were\].from Israel they

*JPS 1917:* And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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