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title: תִּירָס — Tiras · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּירָס (8494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Tiras. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּירָס

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«תִּירָס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tiras** — 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:** 8494 · **BDB:** תִּירָ֑ס

### Glosses

Tiras (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tiras [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8494/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8494/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. et gent. ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2; 1 Ch 1:5; Θειρας; identified by MeyGesch. d. Alt. i. 260 Di Holz Gunk al. with Gk. Τυρσηνοί, Egypt. Turuša, on coast of Ægean.

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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 (1 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 «תִּירָס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.2/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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[1 Chronicles 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.5/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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