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title: בְּדַד — Bedad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּדַד (911), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Bedad. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּדַד

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«בְּדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bedad** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 911 · **BDB:** בְּדַד

### Glosses

of.Bedad (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bedad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/911/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/911/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of an Edom. ruler (הֲדַד) Gn 36:35 = 1 Ch 1:46.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/911/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.35/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת חֻשָׁ֑ם וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ תַּחְתָּ֜יו הֲדַ֣ד בֶּן־בְּדַ֗ד הַמַּכֶּ֤ה אֶת־מִדְיָן֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ עֲוִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Husham and he.reigned in place.of.him Hadad the.son of.Bedad \[who\] defeated (et) Midian in the.region of.Moab and the.name his.city his \[was\].Avith

*JPS 1917:* And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

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[1 Chronicles 1:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.46/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת חוּשָׁ֑ם וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ תַּחְתָּ֜יו הֲדַ֣ד בֶּן־בְּדַ֗ד הַמַּכֶּ֤ה אֶת־מִדְיָן֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ עֲוִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Husham and he.reigned in place.of.him Hadad the.son of.Bedad \[who\] defeated (et) Midian in the.region of.Moab and the.name his.city his \[was\].Avith

*JPS 1917:* And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

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