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title: אֵתָם — Etham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵתָם (864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Etham. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵתָם

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«אֵתָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Etham** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 864 · **BDB:** אֵתָם

### Glosses

Etham (3); of.Etham (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Etham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/864/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perhaps = Egyptian Chetem, cf. EbersGS 521 f. but 𝔊 Ὀθομ, Ὀθωμ, cf. LagBN 54) Ex 13:20 in Egypt, place on edge of desert, so Nu 33:6, 7; מִדְבַּר אֵתָם Nu 33:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵתָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.20/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Succoth and they.encamped at Etham on the.edge of the.wilderness

*JPS 1917:* And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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[Numbers 33:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.6/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Succoth and they.encamped at Etham which \[is\].on the.edge of the.wilderness

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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