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title: עֲרָד — Arad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרָד (lemma:עֲרָד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Arad. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרָד

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«עֲרָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Arad** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:עֲרָד · **BDB:** עֲרָד

### Glosses

of.Arad (3); Arad (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Arad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Can. city in the Negeb, Αραδ (Egyptian ʿa-ru-dâ WMMAs. u. Eur. 168, 170);—Ju 1:16, מֶלֶךְ־ע׳ Nu 21:1 (JE) = 33:40, Jos 12:14 (D, Α(ι)ραθ, A 𝔊L Αδερ); prob. mod. Tel Arad, 16 1/2 miles S. of Hebron; cf. GFM Ju 1:16 BuhlGeogr. 182.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.14/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ חָרְמָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ עֲרָ֖ד אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Hormah one the.king of.Arad one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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[Numbers 33:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.40/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲרָ֔ד וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁ֥ב בַּנֶּ֖גֶב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן בְּבֹ֖א בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard the Canaanite the.king of.Arad and he \[was\].dwelling in the Negev in the.land of.Canaan when came the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. —

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