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title: מוֹרֶה — teacher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרֶה (4176), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: teacher. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרֶה

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«מוֹרֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **teacher** — 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:** 4176 · **BDB:** מוֹרֶה³

### Glosses

of.Moreh (2); Moreh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

teacher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4176/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. ירה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹרֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4176/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.6/)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed Abram in the land to the.place of.Shechem to the.great.tree of.Moreh and the Canaanite\[s\] then \[was\].in the land

*JPS 1917:* And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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[Deuteronomy 11:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.30/)

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הֲלֹא־הֵ֜מָּה בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן אַֽחֲרֵי֙ דֶּ֚רֶךְ מְב֣וֹא הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּעֲרָבָ֑ה מ֚וּל הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל אֵ֖צֶל אֵלוֹנֵ֥י מֹרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? not \[are\].they on the.other.side of the.Jordan behind the.direction of.the.setting of the.sun in the.land of the.Canaanite\[s\] \[who is\].dwelling in the Arabah opposite.to (the) Gilgal beside the.great.trees of.Moreh

*JPS 1917:* Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh?

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