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title: פִּרְדָּה — she-mule · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּרְדָּה (6506), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: she-mule. BDB 1906: n.f. she-mule. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּרְדָּה

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«פִּרְדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **she-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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6506 · **BDB:** פִּרְדָּה

### Glosses

the.mule (2); mule (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

she-mule [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6506/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. she-mule [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6506/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. she-mule;—פ׳ ridden by king 1 K 1:33, cstr. פִּרְדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ v 38, 44.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּרְדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6506/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 1:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.33/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לָהֶ֗ם קְח֤וּ עִמָּכֶם֙ אֶת־עַבְדֵ֣י אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם וְהִרְכַּבְתֶּם֙ אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנִ֔י עַל־הַפִּרְדָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־לִ֑י וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־גִּחֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king to them take with you (et) the.servants your.lord(s) your and you.will.cause.to.ride (et) Solomon son my on the mule which \[belongs\].to me and you.will.take.down him to Gihon

*JPS 1917:* And the king said unto them: 'Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

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[1 Kings 1:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.44/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח אִתּֽוֹ־הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־צָד֨וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְאֶת־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֗יא וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וַיַּרְכִּ֣בוּ אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ל פִּרְדַּ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.has.sent with him the king (et) Zadok the priest and (et) Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada and the Kerethite\[s\] and the Pelethite\[s\] and they.have.caused.to.ride him on the.mule of the.king

*JPS 1917:* And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule.

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