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title: מַמְרֵא — Mamre · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַמְרֵא (lemma:מַמְרֵא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Mamre. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַמְרֵא

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«מַמְרֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mamre** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:מַמְרֵא · **BDB:** מַמְרֵא

### Glosses

of.Mamre (6); Mamre (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mamre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. et loc. Mamre, only in Gn: in J only אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא terebinths of M. (n.pr.m.?), Gn 13:18 (defined by אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן), 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham). n.pr.m. in Gn 14:13 (אֵלֹנֵי מ׳ הָאֱמֹרִי), cf. v 24 (where ally of Abr.) n.pr.loc. in P: near Abr.’s place of burial Gn 23:17; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13; appar. identified with Hebron 23:19; 35:27, cf. Di.—𝔊 Μαμβρη.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַמְרֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.1/)

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וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.appeared to him Yahweh at the.great.trees of.Mamre and he \[was\].sitting the.opening of the.tent about the.heat of the.day

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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[Genesis 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.18/)

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וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.moved.tent Abram and he.went and he.dwelt at the.great.trees of.Mamre which \[are\].at Hebron and he.built there an.altar to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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