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title: עֵדֶר — flock · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵדֶר (5739), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: flock. BDB 1906: n.m. flock, herd. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵדֶר

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«עֵדֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flock** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 5739 · **BDB:** עֵ֫דֶר

### Glosses

flock (14); flocks (9); herds (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5739/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flock, herd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5739/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 29, 2 flock, herd (NH id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא on 𝔊 Γαδερ Gn 35:16 (= ℌ v 21) v LagBN 76 f., who assigns ע׳ therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר (غدر), as lagging, loitering);—ע׳ abs. Gn 32:17(×2) +, cstr. Ct 4:1 +; sf. עֶדְרוֹ Is 40:11 +; pl. עֲדָרִים Gn 29:2 +, cstr. עֶדְרֵי Mi 5:7 +, etc.;— flock: of sheep, ע׳ צֹאן Gn 29:2 (J), Mi 5:7, ע׳ הַצּ׳ Jo 1:18; cf. Gn 29:2, 3, 8; 30:40 (all J), 1 S 17:34 Je 51:23 Mal 1:14; ‖ צֹאן Ez 34:12 (sim.), Pr 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה 2 Ch 32:28; ע׳ הָֽרְחֵלִים Ct 6:6 = 4:2 (ins. prob. הָֽר׳); sign of desolation Is 17:2; 32:14 (מִרְעֵה ע׳), Zp 2:14 Je 6:3, of peace 31:24; in sim. also Mi 2:12 Je 31:10 ψ 78:52; fig. of Isr. Is 40:11 Je 13:20 (‖ זֹאן), ע׳ יהוה v 17, so עֶדְרוֹ Zc 10:3. of goats, ע׳ הָעִוִּים Ct 4:1; 6:5. undefined Ju 5:16 Jb 24:2 Ct 1:7. herds, flocks and herds: incl. sheep, cattle, etc., Gn 32:17(×4), 20 (cf. v 14; all E) specif. ע׳ בָקָר Jo 1:18.—מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר v. p. 154 supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵדֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5739/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.2/)

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גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* borders people.reach flock\[s\] they.seize and they.have.pastured.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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[Proverbs 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.23/)

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יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* well.(know) you.will.know the.face your.flock your set heart your to.\[the\] herds

*JPS 1917:* Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;

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