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title: אֶשְׁתּוֹן — Eshton · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשְׁתּוֹן (850), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eshton. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשְׁתּוֹן

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«אֶשְׁתּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eshton** — 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:** 850 · **BDB:** אֶשְׁתּוֹן

### Glosses

Eshton (1); of.Eshton (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eshton [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/850/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/850/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a man of Judah (perhaps from אֵשֶׁת = effeminate or uxorious) 1 Ch 4:11, 12.

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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 «אֶשְׁתּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/850/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.11/)

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וּכְל֥וּב אֲחִֽי־שׁוּחָ֖ה הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־מְחִ֑יר ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י אֶשְׁתּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Kelub the.brother of.Shuhah he.fathered (et) Mehir he \[was\].the.father of.Eshton

*JPS 1917:* And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

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[1 Chronicles 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.12/)

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וְאֶשְׁתּ֗וֹן הוֹלִ֞יד אֶת־בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ וְאֶת־פָּסֵ֔חַ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י עִ֣יר נָחָ֑שׁ אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁ֥י רֵכָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and Eshton he.fathered (et) Beth-Rapha and (et) Paseah and (et) Tehinnah the.father of.Ir Nahash these \[were\].the.men of.Recah

*JPS 1917:* And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

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