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title: עֲטָרוֹת — Ataroth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲטָרוֹת (5852), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Ataroth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲטָרוֹת

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«עֲטָרוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ataroth** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5852 · **BDB:** עֲטָרוֹת

### Glosses

Ataroth (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ataroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5852/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5852/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Nu 32:34) עֲטָרֹת n.pr.loc. Αταρωθ, etc.: E. of Jordan (MI10. 11);— Nu 32:3 (+ דִּיכוֹן, etc)—mod. Aṭṭarûs, c. 8 miles NNW. from Dibon—built by Gad Nu 32:34 (+ ד׳, עֲרֹעֵר, and also) עַטְרֹת שׁוֹפָן v 35 (Sam. ע׳ שפים, v. Di; site unknown). W. of Jordan, conject. as to sites v. in Di BuhlGeogr. 172: on border between Ephr. and Benj. Jos 16:2, = עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר v 5; 18:13. on E. border of Ephr. Jos 16:7. עַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָב 1 Ch 2:54 in Judah; a ‘son’ of Salma (+ Bethlehem, al.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲטָרוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5852/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 32:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.34/)

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וַיִּבְנ֣וּ בְנֵי־גָ֔ד אֶת־דִּיבֹ֖ן וְאֶת־עֲטָרֹ֑ת וְאֵ֖ת עֲרֹעֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.built the.descendants of.Gad (et) Dibon and (et) Ataroth and (et) Aroer

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;

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[Joshua 16:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.2/)

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וְיָצָ֥א מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־גְּב֥וּל הָאַרְכִּ֖י עֲטָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.goes.out from Bethel Bethel to Luz and it.passes.on to the.border of the.Arkite\[s\] Ataroth

*JPS 1917:* And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.

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