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title: עָרוֹד — wild ass · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרוֹד (6171), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wild ass. BDB 1906: wild ass. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרוֹד

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«עָרוֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wild ass** — 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:** 6171 · **BDB:** עָרוֹד

### Glosses

of.\[the\].wild.ass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wild ass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6171/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

wild ass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6171/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] wild ass (prob. Aramaic loan-word (= Heb. פֶּרֶא), 𝔗 עֲרָדָא, עֲרוֹדָא; Syriac ܥܪܳܕܳܐ; Mand. אראדא, cf. HomNS 133)\* Jb 39:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרוֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6171/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.5/)

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מִֽי־שִׁלַּ֣ח פֶּ֣רֶא חָפְשִׁ֑י וּמֹסְר֥וֹת עָ֝ר֗וֹד מִ֣י פִתֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* who? did.he.let.loose \[the\].wild.donkey free and.\[the\] fetters of.\[the\].wild.ass who? did.he.loosen

*JPS 1917:* Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

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