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title: בְּדָן — Bedan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּדָן (917), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Bedan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּדָן

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«בְּדָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bedan** — 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:** 917 · **BDB:** בְּדָן

### Glosses

Bedan (1); \[were\].Bedan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bedan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/917/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/917/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (= עַבְדָּן?). a judge of Israel 1 S 12:11; but read prob. בָּרָק, so 𝔊 𝔖 We, cf. Dr (v. Ju 4:6f.). a Manassite 1 Ch 7:17.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/917/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.17/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אוּלָ֖ם בְּדָ֑ן אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד בֶּן־מָכִ֖יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ulam \[were\].Bedan these \[were\].the.descendants of.Gilead the.son of.Makir the.son of.Manasseh

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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[1 Samuel 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.11/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת־יְרֻבַּ֣עַל וְאֶת־בְּדָ֔ן וְאֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח וְאֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיַּצֵּ֨ל אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִיַּ֤ד אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בֶּֽטַח׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Yahweh (et) Jerub-Baal and (et) Bedan and (et) Jephthah and (et) Samuel and he.delivered you from the.hand your.enemies your from round.about and you.dwelt security

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt in safety.

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