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title: עֶפְרוֹן — Ephron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶפְרוֹן (6085), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Ephron. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. mont. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶפְרוֹן

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«עֶפְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ephron** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 6085 · **BDB:** עֶפְרוֹן

### Glosses

Ephron (9); of.Ephron (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6085/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. mont. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6085/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Εφρων:— m. Hittite, Abr.’s time, according to Gn 23:8, 10(×2), 13, 16, 17; 49:29, עֶפְרֹן 23:6; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13 (all P). loc. 2 Ch 13:19 Kt (עֶפְרַיִן Qr), cf. עָפְרָה 1 a. mont. הַר־ע׳, on N. border of Judah Jos 15:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «עֶפְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6085/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.14/)

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וַיַּ֧עַן עֶפְר֛וֹן אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Ephron (et) Abraham (cmp) to him

*JPS 1917:* And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him:

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[Genesis 25:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.9/)

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וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ בָּנָ֔יו אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֶל־שְׂדֵ֞ה עֶפְרֹ֤ן בֶּן־צֹ֙חַר֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* and they.buried him Isaac and Ishmael sons his into the.cave of.(the) Machpelah to the.field of.Ephron the.son of.Zohar the Hittite which \[is\].on the.face of.Mamre

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

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