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title: פַּרְעֹה — Pharaoh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְעֹה (6547), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 274 times: Pharaoh. BDB 1906: n.m. Pharaoh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְעֹה

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«פַּרְעֹה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pharaoh** — 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:** 274 times · **Key:** 6547 · **BDB:** פַּרְעֹה

### Glosses

Pharaoh (183); of.Pharaoh (88); O.Pharaoh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pharaoh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6547/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. Pharaoh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6547/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pharaoh, Φαραω, title of Egyptian kings (Egyptian pr-ʿo, great house, of royal court, and (in new kingdom) of king GriffithHastings DB MeyGesch. Alt. i. 59 SteindBAS i. 343; in Assyrian priʾu according to most, cf. COTGloss. Steindl.c., but v. WklMVAG, 1898, 3 f.);—פ׳ Gn 12:15(×3), 17 + 212 times Hex (mostly JE, rarely DP), 1 S 2:27; 6:6; 1 K 3:1(×2) + 19 times K, Is 19:11(×2) + 3 times, Je 25:19 + 10 times, Ez 17:17 + 12 times, Ne 9:10; 1 Ch 4:18; 2 Ch 8:11 ψ 135:9; 136:15; Ct 1:9; + מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם (not early) Je 25:19; 46:17; Dt 7:8; 11:3; Ez 29:2, 3; 30:21, 22; 31:2; 1 K 3:1; 9:16; 11:18; 2 K 17:7; 18:21 = Is 36:6; Gn 41:46 (E), Ex 6:11, 13, 27, 29; 14:8 (all P); c. n.pr. פ׳ חָפְרַע Je 44:30, פ׳ נְכֹה 46:2; 2 K 23:29, 33, 34, 35.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 39 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְעֹה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6547/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.18/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֖א מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out from with Pharaoh and he.prayed to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

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[Jeremiah 46:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.17/)

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קָרְא֖וּ שָׁ֑ם פַּרְעֹ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ שָׁא֔וֹן הֶעֱבִ֖יר הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* people.will.call.out there Pharaoh the.king of.Egypt \[is\].a.noise he.has.let.pass.by the.appointed time

*JPS 1917:* They cried there: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.'

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