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title: אֶתְנַן — hire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶתְנַן (868), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: hire. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶתְנַן

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«אֶתְנַן» 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 868 · **BDB:** אֶתְנַן²

### Glosses

\[the\].hire (6); hire (4); hire(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/868/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/868/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 16:34 hire of harlot ( = אֶתְנָה);—abs. א׳ Ez 16:34, 41, אֶתְנָ֑ן Ho 9:1 +; cstr. אֶתֽנַן Dt 23:19 +; sf. אֶתְנַנָּהּ Is 23:18, נָּהֿ— v 17; pl. sf. אֶתְנַנֶּיהָ Mi 1:7a (We proposes אֲשֵׁרֶיהָ, cf. Now Marti);—harlot’s hire, Dt 23:19 (א׳ זוֹנָה), elsewhere in fig.: of idolatrous Israel Ho 9:1, Jerus. Ez 16:31, 34(×2), 41, Tyre Is 23:17, 18; of costly idols of Samaria Mi 1:7b, 7c, cf. v 7a (v. supra).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶתְנַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/868/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.1/)

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אַל־תִּשְׂמַ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל ׀ אֶל־גִּיל֙ כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים כִּ֥י זָנִ֖יתָ מֵעַ֣ל אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אָהַ֣בְתָּ אֶתְנָ֔ן עַ֖ל כָּל־גָּרְנ֥וֹת דָּגָֽן׃

*Word for word:* do.not rejoice O.Israel to rejoicing like the peoples (dm) you.have.prostituted.yourself from with God your you.have.loved \[the\].hire on all threshing.floors of.grain

*JPS 1917:* Rejoice not, O Israel, unto exultation, like the peoples, for thou hast gone astray from thy God, thou hast loved a harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.

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[Deuteronomy 23:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.19/)

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לֹא־תָבִיא֩ אֶתְנַ֨ן זוֹנָ֜ה וּמְחִ֣יר כֶּ֗לֶב בֵּ֛ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְכָל־נֶ֑דֶר כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.bring \[the\].hire of.a.prostitute and.\[the\] price of.a.dog the.house of.Yahweh God your for any vow (dm) \[are\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh God your also both of.them

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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