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title: פִּיכֹל — Phichol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּיכֹל (6369), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Phichol. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּיכֹל

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«פִּיכֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Phichol** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6369 · **BDB:** פִּיכֹל

### Glosses

Phicol (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Phichol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6369/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6369/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. captain of Abimelech of Gerar Gn 21:22, 32; 26:26, Φικολ, 𝔊L Φιχολ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּיכֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6369/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.26/)

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וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ הָלַ֥ךְ אֵלָ֖יו מִגְּרָ֑ר וַאֲחֻזַּת֙ מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ וּפִיכֹ֖ל שַׂר־צְבָאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and Abimelech he.came to him from Gerar and Ahuzzah friend his.close and Phicol the.commander his.army his

*JPS 1917:* Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

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[Genesis 21:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.32/)

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וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ בְרִ֖ית בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע בְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיָּ֣קָם אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וּפִיכֹל֙ שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.made a.covenant at Beer Sheba and he.arose Abimelech and Phicol the.commander his.army his and they.returned to the.land of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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