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title: בֹּהַן — Bohan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּהַן (932), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Bohan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּהַן

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«בֹּהַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bohan** — 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:** 932 · **BDB:** בֹּ֫הַן

### Glosses

of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bohan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/932/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/932/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (closing, covering?) אֶבֶן בּ׳ בֶּן־רְאוּבֵן Jos 15:6; 18:17, a mark of division between Judah \& Benjamin.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֹּהַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/932/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.17/)

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וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns from.\[the\] north and it.goes.out En Shemesh and it.goes.out to Geliloth which \[is\].opposite the.ascent of.Adummim and it.goes.down the.stone of Bohan the.son.of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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[Joshua 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.6/)

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וְעָלָ֤ה הַגְּבוּל֙ בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה וְעָבַ֕ר מִצְּפ֖וֹן לְבֵ֣ית הָעֲרָבָ֑ה בֵ֣ית הָעֲרָבָ֑ה וְעָלָ֣ה הַגְּב֔וּל אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.goes.up the border Beth Hoglah and it.passes.on from.\[the\] north of Beth Arabah and it.goes.up the border the.stone of Bohan the.son.of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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