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title: פִּרְעָתוֹן — Pirathon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּרְעָתוֹן (6552), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Pirathon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּרְעָתוֹן

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«פִּרְעָתוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pirathon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6552 · **BDB:** פִּרְעָתוֹן

### Glosses

Pirathon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pirathon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6552/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6552/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Ephr. (? = height; cf. Sab. n.pr. יהפרע he makes lofty Osl.c.);—Ju 12:15; Φαραθωμ, A 𝔊L Φρααθων; perhaps mod. Farʿatâ, c. 6 miles WSW. from Nablus, cf. BuhlGeogr. 206 (GASmGeogr. 355 prop. top of Wady Farah NE. from Nablus).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּרְעָתוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6552/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.15/)

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וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.died Abdon the.son of.Hillel the Pirathonite and he.was.buried at Pirathon in the.land of.Ephraim in the.hill.country of the.Amalekite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

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