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title: עַתּוּד — he-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַתּוּד (6260), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: he-goat. BDB 1906: n.m. he-goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַתּוּד

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«עַתּוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **he-goat** — 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:** 29 times · **Key:** 6260 · **BDB:** עַתּוּד

### Glosses

goats (25); \[the\].leaders (1); leaders (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6260/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6260/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 31:10 he-goat (NH = BH; Assyrian atudû; Arabic عَتُودٌ young he-goat; relation to above √ not clear; Thes well-developed, cp. Arabic عَتَدٌ horse fit for running (cf. √ meaning great, i.e. perhaps full-grown); according to HomNS 247 f. animal ready to fight);—only pl. עַתּוּדִים Is 1:11 + 13 times; עַתֻּדִים Gn 31:10 + 13 times; cstr. עַתּוּדֵי Is 34:6;—as property Gn 31:10, 12 Ez 27:21 Pr 27:26, food Dt 32:14; as leaders of flock Je 50:8 (sim.), hence fig. of princes and chief men Is 14:9 Ez 34:17, v. also infr.; as sacrif. victims Is 1:11 Nu 7:17 + 12 times Nu 7, ψ 66:15 and (iron.) 50:9, 13; fig. of people and princes in י׳’s great sacrifice Is 34:6; Je 51:40 (sim.), Ez 39:18, and (idea of sacrif. dropped) Zc 10:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַתּוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6260/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 50:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.13/)

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הַֽ֭אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְדַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* do I.eat? \[the\].flesh of.mighty.\[bulls\] and.\[the\] blood of.goats do.I.drink?

*JPS 1917:* Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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[Proverbs 27:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.26/)

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כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּמְחִ֥יר שָׂ֝דֶ֗ה עַתּוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* lambs \[are\].for clothing your and \[are.the\].price of.a.field goats

*JPS 1917:* The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.

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