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title: בֶּטַח — Betah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּטַח (984), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Betah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּטַח

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«בֶּטַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Betah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 984 · **BDB:** בֶּ֫טַח²

### Glosses

Betah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Betah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/984/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/984/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city of Hadadezer king of Zobah 2 S 8:8 (but read rather טִבְחַת so 1 Ch 18:8; 𝔊 Sm Μασβακ, 𝔊L Ματεβακ; 𝔊 Ch Μεταβηχας, 𝔊L ταβααθ; cf. also We Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «בֶּטַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/984/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.8/)

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וּמִבֶּ֥טַח וּמִבֵּֽרֹתַ֖י עָרֵ֣י הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר לָקַ֞ח הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד נְחֹ֖שֶׁת הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and from Betah and from Berothai the.cities of.Hadadezer he.took the king David bronze much very

*JPS 1917:* And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

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