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title: עִיר־נָחָשׁ — Irnahash · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִיר־נָחָשׁ (5904), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Irnahash. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִיר־נָחָשׁ

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«עִיר־נָחָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Irnahash** — 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:** 5904 · **BDB:** נָחָשׁ²

### Glosses

Nahash (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Irnahash [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5904/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5904/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Ammon 1 S 11:1(×2), 2; 12:12 2 S 10:2 1 Ch 19:1, 2; perhaps also 2 S 17:27; 𝔊 Ναας. father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 S 17:25, si vera l.; 𝔊 Ναας, but 𝔊L Ιεσσαι (cf. 1 Ch 2:16); WeGesch. 2, 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend נחשׁ; dub. WeSm HPS. giving name to a city עִיר נ׳ 1 Ch 4:12, 𝔊 πόλεως Ναας; 𝔊L Ηρναας.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִיר־נָחָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5904/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.12/)

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וְאֶשְׁתּ֗וֹן הוֹלִ֞יד אֶת־בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ וְאֶת־פָּסֵ֔חַ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י עִ֣יר נָחָ֑שׁ אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁ֥י רֵכָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and Eshton he.fathered (et) Beth-Rapha and (et) Paseah and (et) Tehinnah the.father of.Ir Nahash these \[were\].the.men of.Recah

*JPS 1917:* And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

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