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title: עֶדֶן — Eden · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶדֶן (5729), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Eden. BDB 1906: n.pr. urb. et terr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶדֶן

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«עֶדֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eden** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5729 · **BDB:** עֶ֫דֶן

### Glosses

of.Eden (2); Eden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5729/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. urb. et terr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5729/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (? urb. et) terr. conquered by Assyria (prob. = iv. עֵדֶן; pointed עֶדֶן, to differentiate from iii. ע׳, cf. WMMAs. u. Eur. 291);—בְּנֵי־ע׳ 2 K 19:12 (𝔊 υἱοὺς Ἔδεμ) = Is 37:12 (in Telassar), ע׳ alone Ez 27:23 (+ חָרָן וְכַנֶּה); prob. = Adini on Middle Euphrates SchrCOT 2 K19, 12 DlPa 263 f..—בֵּית ע׳, v. p. 112.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶדֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5729/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.23/)

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חָרָ֤ן וְכַנֵּה֙ וָעֶ֔דֶן רֹכְלֵ֖י שְׁבָ֑א אַשּׁ֖וּר כִּלְמַ֥ד רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Haran and Canneh and Eden the.traders of.Sheba Asshur Chilmad \[was\].your trader

*JPS 1917:* Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.

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[2 Kings 19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.12/)

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הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ אֹתָ֜ם אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שִׁחֲת֣וּ אֲבוֹתַ֔י אֶת־גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־חָרָ֑ן וְרֶ֥צֶף וּבְנֵי־עֶ֖דֶן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* did they.deliver? them the.gods of the.nations which they.destroyed ancestors my (et) Gozan and (et) Haran and Rezeph and the.people of.Eden who \[were\].in Telassar

*JPS 1917:* Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

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