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title: אַרְוַד — Arvad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְוַד (719), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Arvad. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְוַד

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«אַרְוַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Arvad** — 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:** 719 · **BDB:** אַרְוָד

### Glosses

Arvad (1); of.Arvad (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Arvad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/719/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/719/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city of Phenicia (Assyrian Aruada, etc. v. COT Gn 10:18 DlPa 281; 𝔊 Ἀραδιοι; mod. Ruâd) on an island near main land, northward from Tripolis, mentioned with Sidon Ez 27:8, cf. 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְוַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/719/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.8/)

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יֹשְׁבֵ֤י צִידוֹן֙ וְאַרְוַ֔ד הָי֥וּ שָׁטִ֖ים לָ֑ךְ חֲכָמַ֤יִךְ צוֹר֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ הֵ֖מָּה חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.inhabitants of.Sidon and Arvad they.were \[those.who\].row for you your.skillful \[people\] O.Tyre they.were in you they sailors \[were\].your

*JPS 1917:* The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

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[Ezekiel 27:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.11/)

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בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Arvad and Helech \[were\].on walls your all.around and.\[the\] Gammadites in towers your they.were shields their they.hung.up on walls your all.around they they.perfected beauty your

*JPS 1917:* The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

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