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title: פֶּרֶד — mule · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרֶד (6505), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: mule. BDB 1906: n.m. mule. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּרֶד

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«פֶּרֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mule** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6505 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רֶד

### Glosses

mule (6); mules (6); a.mule (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mule [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6505/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mule [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6505/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 18:19 mule;—פ׳ abs. 2 S 18:9(×3) +, sf. פִּרְדּוֹ 13:29; pl. פְּרָדִים 1 K 10:25 +; פִּרְדֵיהֶם Ezr 2:66 = Ne 7:68 (van d. H.; Gi Baer in marg.);—mule, ridden by princes 2 S 13:29; in battle 18:9(×3); cf. (later, + horses, etc.) Zc 14:15; Is 66:20; royal gift 1 K 10:25 = 2 Ch 9:24; royal property 1 K 18:5; in trade of Tyre Ez 27:14; beast of burden, מַשָּׂא צֶמֶד פְּרָדִים 2 K 5:17 the load of a pair of mules, of earth, 1 Ch 12:40; property of returning exiles Ezr 2:66 = Ne 7:68; as refractory ψ 32:9 (in sim.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6505/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.14/)

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מִבֵּ֖ית תּוֹגַרְמָ֑ה סוּסִ֤ים וּפָֽרָשִׁים֙ וּפְרָדִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* from the.house of.Togarmah horses and horsemen and mules they.exchanged wares your

*JPS 1917:* They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.

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[Ezra 2:66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.66/)

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סוּסֵיהֶ֕ם שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה פִּרְדֵיהֶ֕ם מָאתַ֖יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* horses their seven hundred(s) thirty and six mules their two.hundred forty and five

*JPS 1917:* Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

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