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title: מַעֲדַנֹּת — bonds · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲדַנֹּת (4575), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bonds. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. bonds, bands. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲדַנֹּת

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«מַעֲדַנֹּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bonds** — 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:** 4575 · **BDB:** מַעֲדַנּוֹת²

### Glosses

bonds (1); the.bonds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bonds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4575/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. bonds, bands [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4575/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. bonds, bands; so appar. הַתְקַשֵּׁר מ׳ כִּימַה Jb 38:31 (by metath. or error from √ ענד, v. Di Bu).—1 S 15:32 v. מ׳ p. 588 supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲדַנֹּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4575/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.31/)

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הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* will you.bind.on? the.bonds of.Pleiades or? the.cords of.Orion will.you.loosen

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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[1 Samuel 15:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.32/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אֶת־אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֵלָ֔יו אֲגַ֖ג מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲגָ֔ג אָכֵ֖ן סָ֥ר מַר־הַמָּֽוֶת׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said Samuel bring.near to me (et) Agag the.king of.Amalek and he.came to him Agag bonds and he.said Agag truly it.has.departed the.bitterness of.(the) death

*JPS 1917:* Then said Samuel: 'Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.' And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.'

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