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title: עׇתְנִיאֵל — Othniel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇתְנִיאֵל (6274), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Othniel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇתְנִיאֵל

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«עׇתְנִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Othniel** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6274 · **BDB:** עָתְנִיאֵל

### Glosses

Othniel (5); \[were\].Othniel (1); of.Othniel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Othniel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6274/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6274/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Ḳenaz, a hero in Isr., Γοθονιηλ, Jos 15:17 Ju 1:13; 3:9, 11; 1 Ch 4:13(×2); name of family 27:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «עׇתְנִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6274/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.13/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י קְנַ֔ז עָתְנִיאֵ֖ל וּשְׂרָיָ֑ה וּבְנֵ֥י עָתְנִיאֵ֖ל חֲתַֽת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Kenaz \[were\].Othniel and Seraiah and the.sons of.Othniel \[were\].Hathath

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

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[Judges 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.11/)

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וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּ֖מָת עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַֽז׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was.at.peace the land forty year\[s\] and he.died Othniel the.son of.Kenaz

*JPS 1917:* And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

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