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title: מַהֲרַי — Maharai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲרַי (4121), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Maharai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲרַי

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«מַהֲרַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maharai** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4121 · **BDB:** מַהֲרַי

### Glosses

Maharai (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maharai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4121/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4121/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. one of David’s heroes; 2 S 23:28 1 Ch 11:30; 27:13; 𝔊 Νοερε, Μαεραει, Μααρναν, Μααρι, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲרַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4121/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.28/)

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צַלְמוֹן֙ הָֽאֲחֹחִ֔י מַהְרַ֖י הַנְּטֹפָתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Zalmon the Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite

*JPS 1917:* Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.30/)

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מַהְרַי֙ הַנְּטֹ֣פָתִ֔י חֵ֥לֶד בֶּֽן־בַּֽעֲנָ֖ה הַנְּטוֹפָתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Maharai the Netophathite Heled the.son of.Baanah the Netophathite

*JPS 1917:* Mahrai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite;

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