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title: כַּרְמְלִי — the Carmelite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּרְמְלִי (3761), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: the Carmelite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. the Carmelite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּרְמְלִי

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«כַּרְמְלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the Carmelite** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 3761 · **BDB:** כַּרְמְלִי

### Glosses

Carmelite (5); \[woman\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the Carmelite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3761/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. the Carmelite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3761/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent., c. art., the Carmelite, of Nabal הַכּ׳ 1 S 30:5; 2 S 2:2; 3:3, so also 1 S 27:3 (𝔊 We Klo Dr Bu Kit; MT הַכַּרְמְלִית, of Abigail); of חצרו 2 S 23:35 = 1 Ch 11:37. f. הַכַּרְמְלִית the Carmelitess, 1 Ch 3:1, of Abigail.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּרְמְלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3761/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.35/)

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חֶצְרַי֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י פַּעֲרַ֖י הָאַרְבִּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite

*JPS 1917:* Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.37/)

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חֶצְרוֹ֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י נַעֲרַ֖י בֶּן־אֶזְבָּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the.son of.Ezbai

*JPS 1917:* Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai;

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