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title: תָּנָה — hire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּנָה (8566), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hire. BDB 1906: vb. hire Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּנָה

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«תָּנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hire** — 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:** 8566 · **BDB:** תָּנָה

### Glosses

they.have.hired (1); they.will.hire (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8566/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hire Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8566/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hire (si vera l., akin to נתן);— Impf. 3 mpl. יִתְנוּ בַגּוֹיִם Ho 8:10 hire (allies) among the nations; Pf. 3 pl. הִתְנוּ v 9 have hired lovers.—We in both יִתְּנוּ give: v 9 give amorous favours, v 10 give (these), cp. Now Marti Harper.—הְּנָה ψ 8:2 v. נתן Qal 2 b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8566/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.9/)

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כִּֽי־הֵ֙מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים

*Word for word:* (dm) they they.have.gone.up Assyria a.wild.donkey isolated to itself Ephraim they.have.hired loves

*JPS 1917:* For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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[Hosea 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.10/)

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גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־יִתְנ֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ מְּעָ֔ט מִמַּשָּׂ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ שָׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* also (dm) they.will.hire among the nations now I will.gather.them and they.have.begun a.few from.\[the\] burden of.a.king of.princes

*JPS 1917:* Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them up; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of king and princes.

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