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title: עֵדֶן — Eden · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵדֶן (5731), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Eden. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵדֶן

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«עֵדֶן» 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 5731 · **BDB:** עֵ֫דֶן³

### Glosses

of.Eden (10); Eden (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5731/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5731/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. (prob. associated by Heb. with i. עֵדֶן);—district in which lay garden of י׳, home of Adam and Eve: וַיִּטַּע גַּן־בְּעֵדֶן Gn 2:8, river יֹצֵא מֵע׳ v 10, קִדְמַת־ע׳ 4:16; גַּן־ע׳ 2:15; 3:23, 24 (all 𝔊 Εδεμ); cf. כְּגַן־ע׳ Ez 36:35 Jo 2:3 and כְּע׳ Is 51:3 (‖ גַּן־י׳), all sim. of fertility; ע׳ גַּן־אֱלֹהִים Ez 28:13, עֲצֵי ע׳ אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהִים 31:9, עֲצֵי ע׳ v 16, 18(×2) (𝔊 Ez Jo ἡ τρυφή; Is παράδεισος).

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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 (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 «עֵדֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5731/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.16/)

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וַיֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נ֖וֹד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Cain from before Yahweh and he.dwelt in the.land of.Nod the.east of.Eden

*JPS 1917:* And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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[Genesis 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.8/)

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וַיִּטַּ֞ע יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן־בְעֵ֖דֶן מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיָּ֣שֶׂם שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.planted Yahweh God a.garden in Eden from.\[the\] east and he.put there (et) the man whom he.had.formed

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.

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