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title: פָּדוּיִם — ransom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּדוּיִם (6302), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ransom. BDB 1906: pl.abstr. ransom Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּדוּיִם

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«פָּדוּיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ransom** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6302 · **BDB:** פְּדוּיִם

### Glosses

the.ransom(s) (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ransom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6302/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl.abstr. ransom Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6302/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl.abstr. ransom;—so read perhaps Nu 3:49 for MT פִּדְיוֹם, Sam. פדוים; cstr. פְדוּיֵי v 48; for other poss. cases v. Qal Pt. pass.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּדוּיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6302/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 3:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.48/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֣ה הַכֶּ֔סֶף לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו פְּדוּיֵ֕י הָעֹדְפִ֖ים בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.give the money to Aaron and to sons his the.ransom(s) of \[those.who.are\].in.excess among them

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt give the money wherewith they that remain over of them are redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.'

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[Numbers 3:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.49/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַפִּדְי֑וֹם מֵאֵת֙ הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔ים עַ֖ל פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Moses (et) the.money of the.ransom from with \[those who.were\].in.excess to the.ransom(s) of the.Levites

*JPS 1917:* And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;

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