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title: עָלֶמֶת — Alameth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלֶמֶת (5964), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Alameth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלֶמֶת

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«עָלֶמֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Alameth** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5964 · **BDB:** עָלֶ֫מֶת

### Glosses

Alemeth (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Alameth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5964/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5964/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:36; 9:42, עָלָ֑מֶת 7:8; 𝔊 Σαλαμαιθ, Γαλεμαθ, Αλαμωθ, etc. n.pr.loc. (= עַלְמוֹן q.v.) 1 Ch 6:45 Baer Ginsb (van d. H. עַלֶּמֶת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלֶמֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5964/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.36/)

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וְאָחָז֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יְהוֹעַדָּ֔ה וִיהֽוֹעַדָּ֗ה הוֹלִ֛יד אֶת־עָלֶ֥מֶת וְאֶת־עַזְמָ֖וֶת וְאֶת־זִמְרִ֑י וְזִמְרִ֖י הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־מוֹצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and Ahaz he.fathered (et) Jehoaddah and Jehoaddah he.fathered (et) Alemeth and (et) Azmaveth and (et) Zimri and Zimri he.fathered (et) Moza

*JPS 1917:* And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;

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[1 Chronicles 9:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.42/)

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וְאָחָז֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יַעְרָ֔ה וְיַעְרָ֗ה הוֹלִ֛יד אֶת־עָלֶ֥מֶת וְאֶת־עַזְמָ֖וֶת וְאֶת־זִמְרִ֑י וְזִמְרִ֖י הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־מוֹצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and Ahaz he.fathered (et) Jarah and Jarah he.fathered (et) Alemeth and (et) Azmaveth and (et) Zimri and Zimri he.fathered (et) Moza

*JPS 1917:* And Ahaz begot Jarah; and Jarah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.

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