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title: נֵכָר — that which is foreign · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵכָר (5236), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: that which is foreign. BDB 1906: that which is foreign, foreignness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵכָר

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«נֵכָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which is foreign** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 5236 · **BDB:** נֵכָר

### Glosses

of.foreignness (25); foreignness (10); of.(the).foreignness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which is foreign [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5236/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

that which is foreign, foreignness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5236/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which is foreign, foreignness (on format. cf. LagBN 51, 154);—abs. נ׳ Ju 10:16 +, cstr. נֵכַר־ Dt 31:16;—foreignness (of another family, tribe, or nation), especially אֱלֹהֵי (הַ)נֵּכָר = foreign gods Gn 35:2, 4; Jos 24:20, 23 (all E, = א׳ אֲחֵרִים of D, cf. אַחֵר), Ju 10:16; 1 S 7:3; Je 5:19; 2 Ch 33:15; א׳ נֵכַר־הָאָרֶץ Dt 31:16 = foreign gods of the land; sg. אֵל נֵכָר Dt 32:12; Mal 2:11 ψ 81:10; אֱלוֹהַּ נ׳ Dn 11:39. בֶּן־(הַ)נֵּכָר = foreigner Gn 17:12 (‖ לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ), v 27 Ex 12:43 (all P), Lv 22:25 (H), Ez 44:9(×2) Ne 9:2; Is 56:3; בְּנֵי (ה)נ׳ 2 S 22:45, 46 = ψ 18:45, 46, Ez 44:7; Is 56:6; 60:10; 61:5; 62:8 ψ 144:7, 11. other combin.: הַבְלֵי נ׳ Je 8:19 foreign vanities (idolatries); מִזְבְּחוֹת הַנּ׳ 2 Ch 14:2 foreign altars; אַדְמַת נ׳ ψ 137:4 foreign soil; מִכָּל־נ׳ Ne 13:30 from everything foreign.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵכָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5236/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.46/)

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בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.withered and they.girded.themselves from strongholds their

*JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.

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[Psalms 18:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.46/)

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בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.withered and they.came.trembling from strongholds their

*JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

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