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title: עֵשָׂו — Esau · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵשָׂו (6215), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 97 times: Esau. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Esau. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵשָׂו

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«עֵשָׂו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Esau** — 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:** 97 times · **Key:** 6215 · **BDB:** עֵשָׂו

### Glosses

Esau (57); of.Esau (37); \[am\].Esau (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Esau [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6215/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Esau [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6215/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Esau, Ησαυ;—Esau, elder son of Isaac Gn 25:25, 26 + 7 times 25, 26:34; 27:1 + 24 times 27, 28; 32:4 + 15 times 32, 33, 35; Jos 24:4(×2) Mal 1:2, 3; 1 Ch 1:34; identif. with אֱדוֹם Gn 36:1, 8, 19, ancestor of Edomites v 9, 43, cf. 1 Ch 1:35; dwelling in Mt. Seir Gn 36:8 (25 times in all, Gn 36) Dt 2:5; Jos 24:4; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו = Edomites Dt 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; עֵשָׂו = Edom Je 49:8; Ob 6, בֵּית עֵשָׂו v 18(×2), הַר עֵשָׂו v 8, 9, 19, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵשָׂו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6215/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.1/)

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וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְד֥וֹת עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.accounts of.Esau that \[is\].Edom

*JPS 1917:* Now these are the generations of Esau — the same is Edom.

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[Obadiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.6/)

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אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* how! they.will.be.plundered Esau they.will.be.searched.out treasures its.hidden

*JPS 1917:* How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

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