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title: אׇרְנָן — Ornan. See · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇרְנָן (771), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Ornan. See. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אׇרְנָן

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«אׇרְנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ornan. See** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 771 · **BDB:** אָרְנָן

### Glosses

Ornan (8); of.Ornan (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ornan. See [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/771/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/771/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Jebusite, whose threshing-floor was bought by David to erect an altar 1 Ch 21:15, 18, 20(×2), 21(×2), 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, \& according to 2 Ch 3:1 became site of temple; called אֲרַוְנָה 2 S 24:16 f. q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אׇרְנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/771/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 21:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.25/)

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וַיִּתֵּ֥ן דָּוִ֛יד לְאָרְנָ֖ן בַּמָּק֑וֹם שִׁקְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מִשְׁקָ֖ל שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.gave David to Ornan for the place shekels of.gold weight six hundred(s)

*JPS 1917:* So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

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[1 Chronicles 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.20/)

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וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים וְאָרְנָ֖ן דָּ֥שׁ חִטִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.turned Ornan and he.saw (et) the angel and the.four sons his with him \[were\].hiding.themselves and Ornan he.threshed wheat(s)

*JPS 1917:* And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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