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title: מֹדָע — kinsman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹדָע (4129), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: kinsman. BDB 1906: n.m. kinsman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹדָע

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«מֹדָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kinsman** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4129 · **BDB:** מוֹדַע

### Glosses

a.relative (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kinsman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4129/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. kinsman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4129/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. kinsman, מידע לְ Ru 2:1 Kt, but Qr מוֹדַע a kinsman of her husband; fig. מֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא Pr 7:4 a kinsman shalt thou call understanding (‖ אֱמֹר לְחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָ֑תְּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹדָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4129/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.4/)

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אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* say to (the) wisdom sister \[are\].my you and a.relative (to the discernment you.will.call

*JPS 1917:* Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;

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[Ruth 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.1/)

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וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מוֹדַ֣ע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Naomi a.relative of husband her a.man mighty of.wealth from the.clan of.Elimelech and name his \[was\].Boaz

*JPS 1917:* And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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