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title: עָתַר — pray · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָתַר (6279), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: pray. BDB 1906: vb. pray, supplicate Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָתַר

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«עָתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pray** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 6279 · **BDB:** עָתַר

### Glosses

he.was.entreated (6); he.prayed (4); pray (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pray [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pray, supplicate Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pray, supplicate (always to God) (cf. Arabic عَتَرَ slaughter for sacrifice De Gn (4) 381 WeSkizzen iii. 115, 166; Heid.(2), 118, 142; RSSem i. 210 f.; 2nd ed., 227 f.);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיֶּעְתַּר לי׳ Gn 25:21, אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:26; 10:18 Ju 13:8; יֶעְתַּר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ Jb 33:26. be supplicated, entreated (and grant entreaty; always of God), usually c. ל of worshipper (v. ל 5 d): Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנֶעְתַּר לָהֶם Is 19:22; Impf. 3 ms. וַיֵּעָ֫תֶר לוֹ Gn 25:21 2 Ch 33:13, וַיֵּעָתֵר לָנוּ Ezr 8:23; c. לָאָרֶץ for the land 2 S 21:14; 24:25; Inf. abs. וְנִעְתּוֹר לָהֶם 1 Ch 5:20; cstr. (as subst.) הֵעָתֶר־לוֹ 2 Ch 33:19. = Qal, make supplication, c. אֶל, לְ: Pf. וְהַעְתַּרְתִּ֫י אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:25; Impf. 2 ms. תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו Jb 22:27; Imv. mpl. הַעְתִּירוּ אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:4; 9:28, לי׳ 10:17; also c. ל pers. in behalf of whom, Impf. 1 s. אַעְתִּיר לְךָ Ex 8:5, so Imv. הַעְתִּירוּ, c. בַּעֲדִי v 24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.18/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֖א מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out from with Pharaoh and he.prayed to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

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[Exodus 8:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.26/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Moses from with Pharaoh and he.prayed to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

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