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title: אֵצֶל — conjunction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵצֶל (681), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 61 times: conjunction. BDB 1906: subst. conjunction, proximity prep. in proximity to beside. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵצֶל

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«אֵצֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **conjunction** — 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:** 61 times · **Key:** 681 · **BDB:** אֵ֫צֶל

### Glosses

beside (52); \[was\].beside (4); \[is\].beside (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

conjunction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/681/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

subst. conjunction, proximity prep. in proximity to beside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/681/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** subst. conjunction, proximity; with sf. אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלוֹ etc.; only used as a prep. (as an implicit accus.) in proximity to (as though وِصْلَ LagBN 68), beside: Gn 39:10, 15; 41:3 and stood אֵצֶל הַפָּרוֹת beside the kine, 1 S 5:2 אֵצֶל דָּגוֹן beside Dagon, 20:19 1 K 13:24, 25; 21:1 Pr 8:30 Ez 1:15, 19; 33:30; 39:15; often in phrase (מ׳ י׳) אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 1:16; 6:3 Dt 16:21 1 K 2:29 Am 2:8 +; of a locality (cf. II. אֵת 2) Dt 11:30 beside the terebinths of Moreh, 1 K 1:9; 4:12 Je 41:17. After a vb. of motion (late) Dn 8:7, 17; cf. 2 Ch 28:15b. with מִן, מֵאֵצֶל from proximity to, from beside (cf. מֵאֵת, מֵעִם): †1 S 20:41 (read with 𝔊 מֵאֵצֶל הָאַרְגָּב from beside the mound); Ez 40:7 contiguous to, beside (מִן 1 c); with suff. 1 S 17:30 וַיִּסֹּב מֵאֶצְלוֹ and he turned about from beside him, 1 K 3:20; 20:36 Ez 10:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 31 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵצֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/681/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.8/)

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עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].passing.by in the street beside corner her and the.direction her.house her he.strode

*JPS 1917:* Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;

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[Genesis 39:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.16/)

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וַתַּנַּ֥ח בִּגְד֖וֹ אֶצְלָ֑הּ עַד־בּ֥וֹא אֲדֹנָ֖יו אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and she.placed clothing his beside her until came master(s) his to house his

*JPS 1917:* And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

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