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title: פְּדוּת — ransom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּדוּת (6304), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ransom. BDB 1906: n.f. ransom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּדוּת

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«פְּדוּת» 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:** 6304 · **BDB:** פְּדוּת

### Glosses

redemption (2); a.ransom (1); ransom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ransom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ransom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ransom; פ׳ ψ 111:9 + 2 times; פְּדֻת Ex 8:19;—from exile Is 50:2; from iniquities ψ 130:7; in gen. ψ 111:9, שַׂמְתִּי פְדֻת בֵּין עַמִּי וּבֵין עְמֶּ֑ךָ Ex 8:19 I will set a ransom (distinguishing) between my people and thy people 𝔗, but improb. and text dub.; 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 set a distinction (reading what?).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּדוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 130:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.7/)

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יַחֵ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־יְה֫וָה כִּֽי־עִם־יְהוָ֥ה הַחֶ֑סֶד וְהַרְבֵּ֖ה עִמּ֣וֹ פְדֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* wait O.Israel to Yahweh (dm) \[is\].with Yahweh (the).covenant loyalty and great \[is\].with him redemption

*JPS 1917:* O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.

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[Psalms 111:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.9/)

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פְּד֤וּת ׀ שָׁ֘לַ֤ח לְעַמּ֗וֹ צִוָּֽה־לְעוֹלָ֥ם בְּרִית֑וֹ קָד֖וֹשׁ וְנוֹרָ֣א שְׁמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* redemption he.sent for people his he.ordained forever of.perpetuity covenant his \[is\].holy and to.be.feared name his

*JPS 1917:* He hath sent redemption unto His people; He hath commanded His covenant for ever; Holy and awful is His name.

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