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title: תּוֹשָׁב — sojourner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹשָׁב (8453), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: sojourner. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹשָׁב

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«תּוֹשָׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sojourner** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 8453 · **BDB:** תּוֹשָׁב

### Glosses

a.resident.alien (8); resident.aliens (2); alien (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sojourner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8453/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8453/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 25:45 sojourner, only P (H) and late; abs. ת׳ Gn 23:4 + 6 times; cstr. תּוֹשַׁב Lv 22:10; sf. תּוֹשָֽׁבְךָ 25:6; pl. תּוֹשָׁבִים v 6 + 2 times; cstr. תֹּשָׁבֵי 1 K 17:1, but read תִּשְׁבֶּה (q.v.) 𝔊 Ew Th Hi;—sojourner, appar. of a more temporary and dependent (Lv 22:10; 25:6) kind than the גֵּר (with which it is often joined): ‖ שָׂכִיר Ex 12:45 (P), Lv 22:10 (ת׳ כֹּהֵן a priest’s sojourner), 25:6, 40 (all H); הַתּוֹשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם v 45 (c. pt. גָּר also v 6); c. עִם, also Lv 25:47(×2) (H); c. בְּתוֹךְ Nu 35:15 (P). Fig. of one enjoying only a temporary tenure, c. עִם Gn 23:4, with י׳ Lv 25:23 ψ 39:13, c. לִפְנֵי 1 Ch 29:15.—1 K 17:1 v. supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «תּוֹשָׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8453/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.45/)

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תּוֹשָׁ֥ב וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.resident.alien and a.hired.laborer not he.will.eat in it

*JPS 1917:* A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

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[Leviticus 22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.10/)

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וְכָל־זָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל קֹ֑דֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and any stranger not he.will.eat a.holy.thing a.resident.alien of.a.priest and a.hired.laborer not he.will.eat a.holy.thing

*JPS 1917:* There shall no common man eat of the holy thing; a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

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