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title: אַשְׁדּוֹד — Ahdod · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁדּוֹד (795), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Ahdod. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Ashdod. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁדּוֹד

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«אַשְׁדּוֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahdod** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 795 · **BDB:** אַשְׁדּוֹד

### Glosses

Ashdod (11); of.Ashdod (4); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahdod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/795/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Ashdod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/795/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Ashdod (Assyrian Asdudu, COTGloss DlPa 289; Thes MV der. from √ שׁדד q.v.) a powerful city of the Philistines on Mediterr. Sea, W. from Jerusalem, modern Esdûd, Jos 11:22; 15:46, 47 (where assigned to Judah) 1 S 5:5, 6 (but del. Dr cf. 𝔊 6:17 Am 1:8; 3:9 Zp 2:4 Zc 9:6 Is 20:1 Je 25:20 2 Ch 26:6; c. ה—ָ loc. 1 S 5:1 Is 20:1; אַנְשֵׁי א׳ 1 S 5:7; appar. = territory of Ashdod 2 Ch 26:6 וַיִּבְנֶה עָרִים בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד. (Cf. SurveyJ, 442.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁדּוֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/795/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.6/)

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וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.dwell a.mixed.population in Ashdod and I.will.cut.off the.pride of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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[Joshua 15:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.46/)

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מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן וָיָ֑מָּה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* from Ekron and westward all that \[is\].on the.hand of.Ashdod and villages their

*JPS 1917:* from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

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