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title: אַרְנֶבֶת — hare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְנֶבֶת (768), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hare. BDB 1906: n.f. hare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְנֶבֶת

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«אַרְנֶבֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hare** — 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:** 768 · **BDB:** אַרְנֶבֶת

### Glosses

hare (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/768/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/768/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hare (Arabic أَرْنَبٌ, Syriac ܐܰܪܢܶܒܳܐ, Assyrian annabu, as springer?) eating of it forbidden Lv 11:6 (P) Dt 14:7.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְנֶבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/768/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.6/)

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וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶ֗בֶת כִּֽי־מַעֲלַ֤ת גֵּרָה֙ הִ֔וא וּפַרְסָ֖ה לֹ֣א הִפְרִ֑יסָה טְמֵאָ֥ה הִ֖וא לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the hare (dm) \[is\].bringing.up (of).cud it and a.hoof not it.divides.in.two \[is\].unclean it to you

*JPS 1917:* And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

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[Deuteronomy 14:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.7/)

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אַ֣ךְ אֶת־זֶ֞ה לֹ֤א תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ מִמַּֽעֲלֵ֣י הַגֵּרָ֔ה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥י הַפַּרְסָ֖ה הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה אֶֽת־הַ֠גָּמָל וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶ֨בֶת וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֜ן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֧ה גֵרָ֣ה הֵ֗מָּה וּפַרְסָה֙ לֹ֣א הִפְרִ֔יסוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless (et) this not you.will.eat of \[those.which\].bring.up (of).the cud and of \[those.which\].divide.in.two (of).the hoof (the) cloven (et) the camel and (et) the hare and (et) the.rock badger (dm) \[is\].bringing.up (of).cud they and a.hoof not they.divide.in.two \[are\].unclean they to you

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you;

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