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title: מֶרֶד — Mered · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶרֶד (4778), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Mered. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶרֶד

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«מֶרֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mered** — 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:** 4778 · **BDB:** מֶ֫רֶד²

### Glosses

Mered (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4778/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4778/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. name in Judah according to 1 Ch 4:17, מָ֑רֶד v 18. 𝔊 Πωραδ, Νωρωηλ, A Μωραδ, Μωρηδ, 𝔊L Βαραδ, Μαρω.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶרֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4778/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.17/)

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וּבֶן־עֶזְרָ֔ה יֶ֥תֶר וּמֶ֖רֶד וְעֵ֣פֶר וְיָל֑וֹן וַתַּ֙הַר֙ אֶת־מִרְיָ֣ם וְאֶת־שַׁמַּ֔י וְאֶת־יִשְׁבָּ֖ח אֲבִ֥י אֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* and the.son of.Ezrah \[was\].Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon and she.conceived (et) Miriam and (et) Shammai and (et) Ishbah the.father of.Eshtemoa

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa —

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[1 Chronicles 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.18/)

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וְאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ הַיְהֻדִיָּ֗ה יָלְדָ֞ה אֶת־יֶ֨רֶד אֲבִ֤י גְדוֹר֙ וְאֶת־חֶ֙בֶר֙ אֲבִ֣י שׂוֹכ֔וֹ וְאֶת־יְקֽוּתִיאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י זָנ֑וֹחַ וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵי֙ בִּתְיָ֣ה בַת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקַ֖ח מָֽרֶד׃ס

*Word for word:* and wife his (the) Judean she.bore (et) Jared the.father of.Gedor and (et) Heber the.father of.Socoh and (et) Jekuthiel the.father of.Zanoah and these \[were\].the.sons of.Bithiah the.daughter of.Pharaoh whom he.had.taken Mered

*JPS 1917:* and his wife Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah — and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.

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