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title: אֵיתָן — Ethan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵיתָן (387), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Ethan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵיתָן

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«אֵיתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ethan** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 387 · **BDB:** אֵיתָן³

### Glosses

Ethan (5); of.Ethan (2); than.Ethan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ethan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/387/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/387/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a wise man 1 K 5:11 (where called הָאֶזְרָחִי) named with הֵימָן, כַּלְכֹּל, דַּרְדַּע; cf. 1 Ch 2:6 (where these 4 with זִמְרִי are בְּנֵי זֶרַח); also 2:8; 6:27; called בֶּן־קִישִׁי 6:29 = בֶּן־קוּשָׁיָ֫הוּ 15:17, where, and v 19, named as Levit. singer with הֵימָן and אָסָף (q.v.; יְדוּתוּן for אֵיתָן in this group 1 Ch 25:1, 6 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15, v. ידותון); לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי ψ 89:1 (title).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵיתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/387/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.8/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אֵיתָ֖ן עֲזַרְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ethan \[were\].Azariah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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[Psalms 89:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.1/)

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מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.poem of Ethan the Ezrachite

*JPS 1917:* Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

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