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title: נָתָן — Nathan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתָן (5416), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: Nathan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתָן

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«נָתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nathan** — 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:** 42 times · **Key:** 5416 · **BDB:** נָתָן

### Glosses

Nathan (34); of.Nathan (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nathan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5416/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5416/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ναθαν;— a son of David 2 S 5:14 = 1 Ch 3:15, 1 Ch 14:4. the prophet of David’s time 2 S 7:2, 3, 4, 17 = 1 Ch 17:1, 2, 3, 15; 2 S 12:1 + 6 times 2 S 12; 1 K 1:8 + 10 times 1 K 1, 2 Ch 29:25 ψ 51:2 (title); דִּבְרֵי נָתָן הַנָּבִיא as name of a book 1 Ch 29:29 2 Ch 9:29. father of one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:36. father of officers of Solomon, 1 K 4:5(×2) (= 2?). name in Judah: 1 Ch 2:36(×2). 11:38. companion of Ezra from Babylon Ezr 8:16. one of those who took strange wives 10:39. head of a family Zc 12:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «נָתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5416/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.38/)

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יוֹאֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י נָתָ֔ן מִבְחָ֖ר בֶּן־הַגְרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Joel the.brother of.Nathan Mibhar the.son of.Hagri

*JPS 1917:* Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri;

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[Ezra 10:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.39/)

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וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה וְנָתָ֖ן וַעֲדָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah

*JPS 1917:* Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah;

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