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title: עֲרוּגָה — garden terrace · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרוּגָה (6170), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: garden terrace. BDB 1906: n.f. garden terrace bed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרוּגָה

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«עֲרוּגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **garden terrace** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6170 · **BDB:** עֲרוּגָה

### Glosses

the.beds (3); bed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

garden terrace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6170/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. garden terrace bed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6170/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. garden terrace or bed;—cstr. עֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם Ct 5:13 bed of balsam (sim.); pl. cstr. עֲרֻגוֹת הַבּ׳ 6:2, ע׳ מַטָּעָהּ Ez 17:7 i.e. where the vine was planted, עֲרֻגֹת צִמְחָהּ v 10 (all fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרוּגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6170/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.13/)

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לְחָיָו֙ כַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* cheeks his \[are\].like.(the) bed of.(the) spice towers of.aromatic.herbs lips his \[are\].lilies dripping myrrh flowing

*JPS 1917:* His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.

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[Song of Songs 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.2/)

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דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם לִרְעוֹת֙ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים וְלִלְקֹ֖ט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* lover my he.has.gone.down to garden his to the.beds of.(the) spice to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies

*JPS 1917:* 'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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