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title: אֶצְעָדָה — step-chain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶצְעָדָה (685), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: step-chain. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶצְעָדָה

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«אֶצְעָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step-chain** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 685 · **BDB:** אֶצְעָדָה²

### Glosses

an.armlet (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step-chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/685/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/685/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. א׳ Nu 31:50 (+ צָמִיד bracelet); א׳ אֲשֶׁר עַל־זְרֹעוֹ 2 S 1:10 (read הַצְּעָדָה We Dr Bu HPS, cf. 2 K 11:12 supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶצְעָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/685/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 31:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.50/)

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וַנַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֣ן יְהוָ֗ה אִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָצָ֤א כְלִֽי־זָהָב֙ אֶצְעָדָ֣ה וְצָמִ֔יד טַבַּ֖עַת עָגִ֣יל וְכוּמָ֑ז לְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.brought.near (et) the.offering of.Yahweh everyone \[that\].which he.found an.article of.gold an.armlet and a.bracelet a.signet-ring an.earring and an.ornament to make.atonement on selves our before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'

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[2 Samuel 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.1.10/)

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וָאֶעֱמֹ֤ד עָלָיו֙ וַאֲמֹ֣תְתֵ֔הוּ כִּ֣י יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִֽחְיֶ֖ה אַחֲרֵ֣י נִפְל֑וֹ וָאֶקַּ֞ח הַנֵּ֣זֶר ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וְאֶצְעָדָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־זְרֹע֔וֹ וָאֲבִיאֵ֥ם אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י הֵֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and I.stood over him and I killed.him (dm) I.knew (dm).that not he.will.live after he had.fallen and I.took the crown which \[was\].on head his and an.armlet which \[was\].on arm his and I brought.them to lord my here

*JPS 1917:* So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.'

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