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title: מִרְיָם — Miriam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְיָם (4813), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Miriam. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְיָם

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«מִרְיָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Miriam** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 4813 · **BDB:** מִרְיָם

### Glosses

Miriam (15)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Miriam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4813/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4813/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. et m. f. sister of Aaron Ex 15:20 (E), and of Moses and Aaron Nu 26:59 (P), 1 Ch 5:29; named also Ex 15:21 (E), Nu 12:1, 4, 5, 10(×2), 15(×2); 20:1 (all JE), Dt 24:9 Mi 6:4. 𝔊 Μαριαμ. m. (prob.) a Judahite 1 Ch 4:17. 𝔊 τὸν Μαιων, 𝔊L Μωεωρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִרְיָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4813/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.9/)

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זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְמִרְיָ֑ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* remember (et) \[that\].which he.did Yahweh God your to Miriam on the way when you came.out from Egypt

*JPS 1917:* Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.

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[1 Chronicles 5:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.29/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה וּמִרְיָ֑םס וּבְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.children of.Amram \[were\].Aaron and Moses and Miriam and the.sons of.Aaron \[were\].Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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