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

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«עֵדֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eden** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:עֵדֶן · **BDB:** עֵ֫דֶן²

### Glosses

Eden (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d3_5b6_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d3_5b6_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Levite name 2 Ch 29:12 (𝔊 Ιω(α)δαν), 31:15 (𝔊 Οδομ, 𝔊L Ιαδαν).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵדֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d3_5b6_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 31:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.15/)

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וְעַל־יָד֡וֹ עֵ֣דֶן וּ֠מִנְיָמִן וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּ אֲמַרְיָ֧הוּ וּשְׁכַנְיָ֛הוּ בְּעָרֵ֥י הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה לָתֵ֤ת לַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ בְּמַחְלְק֔וֹת כַּגָּד֖וֹל כַּקָּטָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on hand his Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah Amariah and Shecaniah in the.cities of the.priests in faithfulness to distribute to brothers their by divisions as the great as the small

*JPS 1917:* And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small;

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[2 Chronicles 29:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.12/)

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וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ הַ֠לְוִיִּם מַ֣חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשַׂ֞י וְיוֹאֵ֣ל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָהוּ֮ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י הַקְּהָתִי֒ וּמִן־בְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֔י קִ֚ישׁ בֶּן־עַבְדִּ֔י וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣רְשֻׁנִּ֔י יוֹאָח֙ בֶּן־זִמָּ֔ה וְעֵ֖דֶן בֶּן־יוֹאָֽח׃

*Word for word:* and they.arose the Levites Mahath the.son of.Amasai and Joel the.son of.Azariah of the.descendants of the.Kohathite\[s\] and of the.descendants of.Merari Kish the.son of.Abdi and Azariah the.son of.Jehallelel and of the Gershonite\[s\] Joah the.son of.Zimmah and Eden the.son of.Joah

*JPS 1917:* Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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