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title: מֹדַעַת — kindred · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹדַעַת (4130), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: kindred. BDB 1906: n.f. kindred, kinship. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹדַעַת

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«מֹדַעַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kindred** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4130 · **BDB:** מֹדַ֫עַת

### Glosses

relative (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kindred [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4130/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kindred, kinship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4130/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kindred, kinship—sg. sf. מֹדַעְתָּנוּ Ru 3:2 is not Boaz (of) our kindred?

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹדַעַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4130/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.2/)

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וְעַתָּ֗ה הֲלֹ֥א בֹ֙עַז֙ מֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיִ֖ית אֶת־נַעֲרוֹתָ֑יו הִנֵּה־ה֗וּא זֹרֶ֛ה אֶת־גֹּ֥רֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים הַלָּֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* and therefore ? not \[is\].Boaz relative our whom you.were with servants his.female there! he \[will.be\].winnowing (et) the.threshing.floor of the.barley(s) this night

*JPS 1917:* And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

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