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title: אֲרָן — Aran · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרָן (765), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Aran. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרָן

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«אֲרָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aran** — 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:** 765 · **BDB:** אֲרָן

### Glosses

Aran (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aran [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/765/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/765/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a descendant of Esau (? Aramaic ܐܰܪܢܳܐ wild-goat) Gn 36:28 = 1 Ch 1:42 (v. also דִּישָׁן).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/765/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.28/)

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אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־דִישָׁ֖ן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.sons of.Dishan Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

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[1 Chronicles 1:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.42/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֵ֔צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן יַעֲקָ֑ן בְּנֵ֥י דִישׁ֖וֹן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ezer \[were\].Bilhan and Zaavan Jaakan the.sons of.Dishon \[were\].Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

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