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title: בַּד — white linen · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּד (906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: white linen. BDB 1906: white linen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּד

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«בַּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **white linen** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 906 · **BDB:** בַּד

### Glosses

of.linen (10); linen(s) (5); linen (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

white linen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

white linen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/906/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] white linen (deriv. unknown) pl. בַּדִּים—אֵפוֹד בָּ֑ד 1 S 2:18 (Samuel), 1 S 22:18 (priests of Nob), 2 S 6:14 = 1 Ch 15:27 (David): in P as material of diff. priestly vestments Ex 28:42; 39:28 Lv 6:3(×2) 16:4(×4), 23, 32. Pl. (ה)לבושׁ (הַ)בַּדִּים clad in (the) linen garments, of angel Ez 9:2, 3, 11; 10:2, 6, 7; Dn 10:5; 12:6, 7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.18/)

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וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל מְשָׁרֵ֖ת אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה נַ֕עַר חָג֖וּר אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* and Samuel \[was\].serving (et) the.presence of.Yahweh a.lad girded an.ephod of.linen

*JPS 1917:* But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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[2 Samuel 6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.14/)

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וְדָוִ֛ד מְכַרְכֵּ֥ר בְּכָל־עֹ֖ז לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְדָוִ֕ד חָג֖וּר אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* and David \[was\].dancing with all strength before Yahweh and David \[was\].girded an.ephod of.linen

*JPS 1917:* And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

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