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title: תָּאַר — incline · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּאַר (8388), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: incline. BDB 1906: vb. incline Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּאַר

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«תָּאַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incline** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8388 · **BDB:** תָּאַר

### Glosses

it.turns (5); is\].turned (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8388/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. incline Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8388/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. appar. incline (perhaps akin to תּוּר Thes; \> Buhl denom. from תֹּאַר, q.v.);— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳, subj. boundary: Jos 18:14, c. ה loc. 15:9b, 11; c. מִן … עַל v 9a; c. מִן only, 18:17; prob. also c. acc. loc. 19:13 (read רִמּ֫וֹנָה וְתָאַר הַנֵּעָה to Rimmon, and it inclined to Neʿa Di Steuern Benn al.). Vid. also \[תָּאַר\] Pi. infr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּאַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8388/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.17/)

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וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns from.\[the\] north and it.goes.out En Shemesh and it.goes.out to Geliloth which \[is\].opposite the.ascent of.Adummim and it.goes.down the.stone of Bohan the.son.of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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[Joshua 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.13/)

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וּמִשָּׁ֤ם עָבַר֙ קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה גִּתָּ֥ה חֵ֖פֶרגִּתָּ֥ה חֵ֖פֶר גִּתָּ֥ה חֵ֖פֶר עִתָּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין עִתָּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְיָצָ֛א רִמּ֥וֹן הַמְּתֹאָ֖ר הַנֵּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and from there it.passes.on eastward eastward to Gath Hepher Eth Kazin and it.goes.out Rimmon \[which is\].turned (the) Neah

*JPS 1917:* And from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon-methoar unto Neah.

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