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title: בַּחֻרִים — Bahurim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּחֻרִים (980), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Bahurim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּחֻרִים

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«בַּחֻרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bahurim** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 980 · **BDB:** בַּחֻרִים

### Glosses

Bahurim (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bahurim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/980/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/980/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (young men’s village) of a small town of Benjamin beyond the Mt. of Olives on the way to Jericho (cf. RobBR i. 433; Kasteren ZPV 1890, 100 ff.) 2 S 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:17 1 K 2:8 (= עַלְמוֹן according to 𝔗 Jon Schwarz Marti-Schick ZPV iii. 8 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּחֻרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/980/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 19:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.17/)

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וַיְמַהֵ֗ר שִׁמְעִ֤י בֶן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ עִם־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.hurried Shimei the.son of.Gera the.Ben- (the) jaminite who \[was\].from Bahurim and he.came.down with the.man of.Judah to meet the king David

*JPS 1917:* And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, made haste and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

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[2 Samuel 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.16/)

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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ אִתָּ֜הּ אִישָׁ֗הּ הָל֧וֹךְ וּבָכֹ֛ה אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ עַד־בַּֽחֻרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֥יו אַבְנֵ֛ר לֵ֥ךְ שׁ֖וּב וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and he.went with her husband her going and weeping after her to Bahurim and he.said to him Abner go return and he.returned

*JPS 1917:* And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him: 'Go, return'; and he returned.

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