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title: תְּקוֹעַ — Tekoa · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּקוֹעַ (8620), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Tekoa. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּקוֹעַ

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«תְּקוֹעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tekoa** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8620 · **BDB:** תְּקוֹעַ

### Glosses

Tekoa (3); of.Tekoa (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tekoa [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8620/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8620/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in S. Judah (connex. with above √ dub.);—Am 1:1; Je 6:1; 2 Ch 11:6, as ‘son’ of Ashḥur 1 Ch 2:24; 4:5; תְּק֫וֹעָה 2 S 14:2; מִדְבַּר ת׳ 2 Ch 20:20; 𝔊 Θεκωε (also -ουε); mod. Tekûʾa, c. 5 m. S. of Bethlehem; v. RobBR i. 486f. BuhlG. 157f. TaylorHast.DB Tekoa GASmTwelve Proph. i. 74 f. Dr Am 1:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּקוֹעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8620/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.5/)

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וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ אֲבִ֣י תְק֔וֹעַ הָי֖וּ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים חֶלְאָ֖ה וְנַעֲרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and to Ashhur the.father of.Tekoa they.belonged two wives Helah and Naarah

*JPS 1917:* And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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[2 Chronicles 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.6/)

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וַיִּ֧בֶן אֶת־בֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶםבֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶם וְאֶת־עֵיטָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּקֽוֹעַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) Bethlehem Bethlehem and (et) Etam and (et) Tekoa

*JPS 1917:* He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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