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title: אֹרֹת — herbs · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹרֹת (lemma:אֹרֹת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: herbs. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹרֹת

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«אֹרֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **herbs** — 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:** lemma:אֹרֹת · **BDB:** אֹרֹת

### Glosses

herbs (1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. II. אוֹרָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (2 candidates); OSHB: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹרֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b9_5e8_5b9_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 4:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.39/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֨א אֶחָ֣ד אֶל־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ לְלַקֵּ֣ט אֹרֹת֒ וַיִּמְצָא֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שָׂדֶ֔ה וַיְלַקֵּ֥ט מִמֶּ֛נּוּ פַּקֻּעֹ֥ת שָׂדֶ֖ה מְלֹ֣א בִגְד֑וֹ וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיְפַלַּ֛ח אֶל־סִ֥יר הַנָּזִ֖יד כִּֽי־לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out one.\[man\] to the field to gather herbs and he.found a.vine of.\[the\].field and he.gathered from it gourds of.\[the\].field the.fullness his.garment his and he.came and he.sliced.\[them\] into the.pot of the.cooked.food (dm) not people.knew

*JPS 1917:* And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

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