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title: פְּעוֹר — Peor. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּעוֹר (6465), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Peor. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr. mont. dei. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּעוֹר

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«פְּעוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Peor. See also** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6465 · **BDB:** פְּעוֹר

### Glosses

of.Peor (4); Peor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Peor. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6465/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. mont. dei. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6465/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Φογωρ: mont. in Moab (appar. from some √ פעֿר);—Nu 23:28 cf. (בֵּית פ׳, בַּעַל פ׳ and reff.; also) BuhlGeogr. 122 Dr Dt 3:29; \[𝔊 Jos 15:59a \[60\] gives a Φαγωρ with Bethlehem; v. also 𝔊 for פָּ֑עוּ, פָּ֑עִי\]. dei. (appar.) Nu 25:18(×2) (cf. בַּעַל פ׳ v 3, 5), 31:16 Jos 22:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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 «פְּעוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6465/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.28/)

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וַיִּקַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק אֶת־בִּלְעָ֑ם רֹ֣אשׁ הַפְּע֔וֹר הַנִּשְׁקָ֖ף עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Balak (et) Balaam the.top of.(the) Peor \[which\].looks down over the.face of.(the) Jeshimon

*JPS 1917:* And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

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[Numbers 31:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.16/)

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הֵ֣ן הֵ֜נָּה הָי֨וּ לִבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בִּדְבַ֣ר בִּלְעָ֔ם לִמְסָר־מַ֥עַל בַּיהוָ֖ה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּע֑וֹר וַתְּהִ֥י הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה בַּעֲדַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* there! they they.were to the.people of.Israel by the.word of.Balaam to offer unfaithfulness in Yahweh on the.matter of.Peor and it.was the plague among the.congregation of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.

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