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title: תַּחַן — Tahan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחַן (8465), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Tahan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחַן

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«תַּחַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tahan** — 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:** 8465 · **BDB:** תַּ֫חַן

### Glosses

Tahan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tahan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8465/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8465/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (perhaps abbrev. from תַּחֲנֶה)—an Ephraimite Nu 26:35 𝔊 Ταναχ, 1 Ch 7:25 𝔊 Θαεν, 𝔊L Θααν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8465/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.25/)

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וְרֶ֣פַח בְּנ֗וֹ וְרֶ֧שֶׁף וְתֶ֛לַח בְּנ֖וֹ וְתַ֥חַן בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and Rephah son \[was\].his and Resheph and Telah son \[was\].his and Tahan son \[was\].his

*JPS 1917:* And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son;

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[Numbers 26:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.35/)

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אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְשׁוּתֶ֗לַח מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַשֻּׁ֣תַלְחִ֔י לְבֶ֕כֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַבַּכְרִ֑י לְתַ֕חַן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽתַּחֲנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.descendants of.Ephraim to clans their of Shuthelah the.clan of the.Shuthelahite\[s\] of Beker the.clan of the.Bakrite\[s\] of Tahan the.clan of the.Tahanite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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