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title: עָתַר — be abundant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָתַר (6280), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be abundant. BDB 1906: vb. be abundant. 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: **be abundant** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6280 · **BDB:** עָתַר²

### Glosses

abundant (1); you.have.multiplied (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be abundant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6280/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be abundant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6280/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be abundant, si vera l. (as Aramaic loan-word; עֲתַר, ܥܬܰܪ, be rich = Heb. עָשַׁר);— Pt. fpl. נַעְתָּרוֹת Pr 27:6 (of enemy’s kisses; De excessive; opp. נֶאֱמָנִים); Toy proposes נֶעֱקָשׁוֹת, or נַעֲוֹת, crooked, hypocritical. Pf. 2 mpl. הַעְתַּרְתֶּם עָלַי דִּבְרֵיכֶם Ez 35:13 ye have multiplied against me your words (‖ וַתַּגְדִּילוּ עָלַי בְּפִיכֶם), del. as gloss Co after 𝔊, Toy reads sg., and thinks verb due to Aramaizing scribe.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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/1506/6280/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.6/)

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נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת נְשִׁיק֥וֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].reliable \[the\].bruises of.\[one.who\].loves and.\[are\] abundant \[the\].kisses of.\[one.who\].hates

*JPS 1917:* Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

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[Ezekiel 35:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.35.13/)

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וַתַּגְדִּ֤ילוּ עָלַי֙ בְּפִיכֶ֔ם וְהַעְתַּרְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.have.magnified.yourselves on me with mouth your and you.have.multiplied on me words your I I.have.heard

*JPS 1917:* And ye have magnified yourselves against Me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.

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