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title: פִּרְעָתוֹנִי — Pirathonite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּרְעָתוֹנִי (6553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Pirathonite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּרְעָתוֹנִי

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«פִּרְעָתוֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pirathonite** — 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:** 6553 · **BDB:** פִּרְעָתוֹנִי

### Glosses

Pirathonite (4); \[the\].Pirathonite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pirathonite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of foregoing, Ju 12:13, 15; 1 Ch 27:14 cf. פִּרְעָתֹנִי 2 S 23:30 = 1 Ch 11:31.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «פִּרְעָתוֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.30/)

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בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ פִּרְעָ֣תֹנִ֔י הִדַּ֖י מִנַּ֥חֲלֵי גָֽעַשׁ׃ס

*Word for word:* Benaiah \[the\].Pirathonite Hiddai from the.wadis of.Gaash

*JPS 1917:* Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of Nahale-gaash;

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[1 Chronicles 11:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.31/)

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אִיתַ֣י בֶּן־רִיבַ֗י מִגִּבְעַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ןס בְּנָיָ֖ה הַפִּרְעָתֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ithai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;

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