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title: תֹּרֶן — mast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּרֶן (8650), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: mast. BDB 1906: n.m. mast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּרֶן

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«תֹּרֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mast** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8650 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫רֶן

### Glosses

a.mast (1); flagstaff (1); their.mast (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8650/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8650/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mast (NH id.; √ unknown; HoffmPh. Inscr. 27 f. conj. תארן, from ארן, v. אֹרֶן);—abs. ת׳, of Tyre as ship Ez 27:5; ת׳ עַל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר Is 30:17 (‖ נֵס), i.e. a (solitary) standard-pole, flag-staff; sf. תָּרְנָם 33:23 (‖ נֵס, חֲבָלִים).

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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 (3 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 «תֹּרֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8650/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.5/)

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בְּרוֹשִׁ֤ים מִשְּׂנִיר֙ בָּ֣נוּ לָ֔ךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־לֻֽחֹתָ֑יִם אֶ֤רֶז מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ לָקָ֔חוּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת תֹּ֖רֶן עָלָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* fir.trees from Senir they.built your (et) all planks a.cedar from Lebanon they.took to make a.mast on you

*JPS 1917:* Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

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[Isaiah 33:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.23/)

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נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן־תָּרְנָם֙ בַּל־פָּ֣רְשׂוּ נֵ֔ס אָ֣ז חֻלַּ֤ק עַֽד־שָׁלָל֙ מַרְבֶּ֔ה פִּסְחִ֖ים בָּ֥זְזוּ בַֽז׃

*Word for word:* they.are.loose ropes your not they.make.firm the.base their.mast their not they.have.spread.out \[the\].sail then it.will.be.divided booty of.plunder in.abundance lame.\[people\] they.will.take.as.spoil spoil

*JPS 1917:* Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

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