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title: פִּדְיוֹם — ransom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּדְיוֹם (6306), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ransom. BDB 1906: n.m. ransom Qal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּדְיוֹם

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«פִּדְיוֹם» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6306 · **BDB:** פִּדְיוֹם

### Glosses

the.ransom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ransom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6306/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ransom Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6306/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ransom;—Nu 3:49, read prob. פְּדוּיִם (so Sam.); פִּדְיֹם v 51 Kt (Qr פְּדוּיִם);—v. פדה Qal Pt. pass., and פְּדוּיִם supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּדְיוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6306/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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