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title: לוּז — Luz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּז (3870), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Luz. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּז

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«לוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Luz** — 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:** 3870 · **BDB:** לוּז³

### Glosses

to (3); Luz (2); \[was\].Luz (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Luz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3870/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3870/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. former name of Bethel Gn 28:19 (J), 35:6 (E), 48:3 (P), Jos 18:13(×2) (P), Ju 1:23; appar. distinct from B. מִבֵּית־אֵל לוּ֫זָה Jos 16:2 (JE; but ל׳ here perhaps explan. gloss, v. Di); 𝔊 Λουζα, Gn 28:19 \[Ουλαμ\]μαυς. city in hands of Hittites Ju 1:26 (on conject. as to site v. GFM); 𝔊 Λουζα.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3870/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 16:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.2/)

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וְיָצָ֥א מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־גְּב֥וּל הָאַרְכִּ֖י עֲטָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.goes.out from Bethel Bethel to Luz and it.passes.on to the.border of the.Arkite\[s\] Ataroth

*JPS 1917:* And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.

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[Judges 1:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.23/)

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וַיָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑לבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְשֵׁם־הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים לֽוּז׃

*Word for word:* and they.caused.to.spy.out the.house of.Joseph at Bethel Bethel and the.name of the.city formerly \[was\].Luz

*JPS 1917:* And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el — now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.

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