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title: עֶתֶר — Ether · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶתֶר (6281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ether. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶתֶר

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«עֶתֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ether** — 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:** 6281 · **BDB:** עֶ֫תֶר

### Glosses

Ether (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ether [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (√ dub.);—in Judah Jos 15:42 (Ιθακ; A 𝔊L Αθερ), in Simeon 19:7 (Ιεθερ; in both sq. עָשָׁן); perhaps = עֲתָךְ q.v. perhaps (Conder Survey iii. 261) ʿAtr, c. 2 miles NW. of Beit Jibrin (cf. GASmGeogr., Map).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶתֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.42/)

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לִבְנָ֥ה וָעֶ֖תֶר וְעָשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* Libnah and Ether and Ashan

*JPS 1917:* Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

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[Joshua 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.7/)

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עַ֥יִן ׀ רִמּ֖וֹן וָעֶ֣תֶר וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּ֖ע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* Ain Rimmon and Ether and Ashan cities four and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

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