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title: עִירָא — Ira · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִירָא (5896), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Ira. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִירָא

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«עִירָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ira** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5896 · **BDB:** עִירָא

### Glosses

Ira (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ira [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5896/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5896/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (v. Sab. n.pr.m. עיר Hal169);— כֹּהֵן (q.v. 1) of David 2 S 20:26; on poss. ident. with 2 b v. Th Klo HPS, opp. We Dr; Ειρας, 𝔊L Ιωδαε. heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., 𝔊L Ιδαε, Οιαδ, etc.): 2 S 23:26 = 1 Ch 11:28; 1 Ch 27:9. 2 S 23:38 = 1 Ch 11:40.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «עִירָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5896/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.38/)

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עִירָא֙ הַיִּתְרִ֔י גָּרֵ֖ב הַיִּתְרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite

*JPS 1917:* Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.40/)

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עִירָא֙ הַיִּתְרִ֔י גָּרֵ֖ב הַיִּתְרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite

*JPS 1917:* Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;

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