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title: נַחְשׁוֹן — Naashon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחְשׁוֹן (5177), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Naashon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחְשׁוֹן

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«נַחְשׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naashon** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 5177 · **BDB:** נַחְשׁוֹן

### Glosses

Nahshon (7); of.Nahshon (2); \[was\].Nahshon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naashon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5177/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5177/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of aminadab, of Judah, brother-in-law of Aaron Ex 6:23 Nu 1:7; 2:3; 7:13, 17; 10;14 (all P), Ru 4:20(×2) 1 Ch 2:10, 11. 𝔊 Ναασσων (DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 15 cp. Sab. tribal name נחסן).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַחְשׁוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5177/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.7/)

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לִֽיהוּדָ֕ה נַחְשׁ֖וֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב׃

*Word for word:* for Judah Nahshon the.son of.Amminadab

*JPS 1917:* Of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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[Ruth 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.20/)

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וְעַמִּֽינָדָב֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־נַחְשׁ֔וֹן וְנַחְשׁ֖וֹן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־שַׂלְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Amminadab he.fathered (et) Nahshon and Nahshon he.fathered (et) Salmah

*JPS 1917:* and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;

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