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title: עִירוּ — Iru · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִירוּ (5900), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Iru. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִירוּ

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«עִירוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Iru** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5900 · **BDB:** עִירוּ

### Glosses

\[was\].Iru (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Iru [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5900/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5900/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Judah 1 Ch 4:15, Ηρ(α).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִירוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5900/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.15/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה עִ֥ירוּ אֵלָ֖ה וָנָ֑עַם וּבְנֵ֥י אֵלָ֖ה וּקְנַֽז׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Caleb the.son of.Jephunneh \[was\].Iru Elah and Naam and the.sons of.Elah and Kenaz

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

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