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title: לוֹטָן — Lotan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוֹטָן (3877), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Lotan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוֹטָן

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«לוֹטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lotan** — 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:** 3877 · **BDB:** לוֹטָן

### Glosses

of.Lotan (4); Lotan (2); \[were\].Lotan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lotan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3877/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3877/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Λωταν; a son of שֵׂעִיר Gn 36:20, 22 = 1 Ch 1:38, 39, and father of חֹרִי etc. Gn 36:22 = 1 Ch 1:39; called a chief (אַלּוּף) of הַחֹרִי Gn 36:29.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוֹטָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3877/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.39/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י לוֹטָ֖ן חֹרִ֣י וְהוֹמָ֑ם וַאֲח֥וֹת לוֹטָ֖ן תִּמְנָֽע׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Lotan \[were\].Hori and Homam and.\[was\] the.sister of.Lotan Timna

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

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[Genesis 36:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.22/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־לוֹטָ֖ן חֹרִ֣י וְהֵימָ֑ם וַאֲח֥וֹת לוֹטָ֖ן תִּמְנָֽע׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Lotan Hori and Hemam and.\[was\] the.sister of.Lotan Timna

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

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