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title: עֵיטָם — Etam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיטָם (5862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Etam. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיטָם

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«עֵיטָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Etam** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5862 · **BDB:** עֵיטָם

### Glosses

of.Etam (3); Etam (1); \[were\].Etam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Etam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perhaps animal-name, from עַיִט, cf. GrayProp. Names 93);— Ηταμ, 𝔊L Ιταμ, a cliff, סְעִיף סֶלַע ע׳ Ju 15:8, 11 perhaps near town עֵיטָם, v. foll., but at ʿArāḳ Ismaʿīn near edge of Shephelah, WSW. from Jerus. according to SchickZPV x (1887), 143 ff. Αιταν\[μ\], etc., city fortified by Rehob. 2 Ch 11:6, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, = ʿAinʿAtān c. 2 miles SSW. from B., BuhlGeogr.92 GFM Ju 15:8, near Ŭrtâs RobBR i. 477; clan in Judah 1 Ch 4:3. Αιταν\[μ\], in Simeon 1 Ch 4:32 (Be \[not Oettli Kau Kit\] reads עֵתֶר from Jos 15:42).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «עֵיטָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.6/)

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וַיִּ֧בֶן אֶת־בֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶםבֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶם וְאֶת־עֵיטָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּקֽוֹעַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) Bethlehem Bethlehem and (et) Etam and (et) Tekoa

*JPS 1917:* He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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[1 Chronicles 4:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.32/)

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וְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ עֵיטָ֣ם וָעַ֔יִן רִמּ֥וֹן וְתֹ֖כֶן וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֖ים חָמֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and villages their \[were\].Etam and Ain Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan cities five

*JPS 1917:* And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

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