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title: מַמְרֵא — Mamre · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַמְרֵא (4471), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Mamre. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַמְרֵא

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«מַמְרֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mamre** — 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:** 4471 · **BDB:** מַמְרֵא

### Glosses

Mamre (1); of.Mamre (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mamre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4471/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4471/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. et loc. Mamre, only in Gn: in J only אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא terebinths of M. (n.pr.m.?), Gn 13:18 (defined by אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן), 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham). n.pr.m. in Gn 14:13 (אֵלֹנֵי מ׳ הָאֱמֹרִי), cf. v 24 (where ally of Abr.) n.pr.loc. in P: near Abr.’s place of burial Gn 23:17; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13; appar. identified with Hebron 23:19; 35:27, cf. Di.—𝔊 Μαμβρη.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַמְרֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4471/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.24/)

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בִּלְעָדַ֗י רַ֚ק אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽכְל֣וּ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְחֵ֙לֶק֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלְכ֖וּ אִתִּ֑י עָנֵר֙ אֶשְׁכֹּ֣ל וּמַמְרֵ֔א הֵ֖ם יִקְח֥וּ חֶלְקָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* apart from.me only \[that\].which they.have.eaten the.young men and the.share of the.men who they.went with me Aner Eshcol and Mamre they let.them.take share their

*JPS 1917:* save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.'

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[Genesis 14:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.13/)

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וַיָּבֹא֙ הַפָּלִ֔יט וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאַבְרָ֣ם הָעִבְרִ֑י וְהוּא֩ שֹׁכֵ֨ן בְּאֵֽלֹנֵ֜י מַמְרֵ֣א הָאֱמֹרִ֗י אֲחִ֤י אֶשְׁכֹּל֙ וַאֲחִ֣י עָנֵ֔ר וְהֵ֖ם בַּעֲלֵ֥י בְרִית־אַבְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.came the fugitive and he.told to Abram the Hebrew and he \[was\].dwelling at the.great.trees of.Mamre the Amorite the.brother of.Eshcol and the.brother of.Aner and they \[were\].the.partners of.the.covenant of.Abram

*JPS 1917:* And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew — now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.

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