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title: יֶתֶר — cord · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶתֶר (lemma:יֶתֶר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: cord. BDB 1906: n.m. cord. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶתֶר

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«יֶתֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cord** — 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:** lemma:יֶתֶר · **BDB:** יֶ֫תֶר²

### Glosses

cords (3); \[the\].bowstring (1); tent-cord (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b6_5ea_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b6_5ea_5b6_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 16:7 cord (proposes as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, 𝔗 יְתָרַיָּא ropes, ܝܰܬܪܳܐ cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic وَتَرٌ bow-string, lute-string; Ethiopic ወትር sinew, cord; ወተረ stretch bowstring, strain (eyes), be intent, eager, etc.)—יֶתֶ֑ר ψ 11:2 + 5times; sf. יִתְרוֹ Kt Jb 30:11 (יִתְרִי Qr); יִתְרָם Jb 4:21;—cord, for binding a man Ju 16:7, 8, 9; bowstring ψ 11:2 Jb 30:11 (according to Qr, opp. 29:20 b; Kt = his cord, with which he reins in my assailants; cf. Di Da). Jb 4:21 tent-cord Ew De Di RV; yet read perhaps יְתֵדָם their tent-peg, so Ol Hi Sgfr (\> AV their excellency, from i. יֶתֶר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶתֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b6_5ea_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.21/)

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הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? not has.it.been.pulled.up tent-cord their in them will.they.die? and not with wisdom

*JPS 1917:* Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

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[Judges 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.8/)

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וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים שִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.brought.up to her the.rulers of.\[the\].Philistines seven cords fresh which not they.had.been.dried and she bound.him with them

*JPS 1917:* Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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