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title: עָדַר — be lacking · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָדַר (lemma:עָדַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be lacking. BDB 1906: vb.Niph. be lacking, fail. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָדַר

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«עָדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be lacking** — 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:עָדַר · **BDB:** עָדַר³

### Glosses

\[was\].missing (1); he.is.missing (1); help (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be lacking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Niph. be lacking, fail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Niph. be lacking, fail (Arabic غَدِرَ remain or lag behind);— Pf., all c. לֹא, 3 ms. נֶעְדַּר לָהֶם 1 S 30:19 not anything was lacking to them; נֶעְדָּ֑ר none was lacking 2 S 17:22 Is 40:26; of י׳, Zp 3:5 he doth not fail; 3 fs. נֶעְדָּ֔רָה Is 34:16 no wild beast is lacking. Pt. f. נֶעְדֶּ֫רֶת Is 59:15 truth has become lacking. Impf. 3 mpl. לֹא יְעַדְּרוּ דָּבָ֑ר 1 K 5:7 they left nothing lacking.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.34/)

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מִזְּבֻל֞וּן יוֹצְאֵ֣י צָבָ֗א עֹרְכֵ֧י מִלְחָמָ֛ה בְּכָל־כְּלֵ֥י מִלְחָמָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אָ֑לֶף וְלַעֲדֹ֖ר בְּלֹא־לֵ֥ב וָלֵֽב׃ס

*Word for word:* of Zebulun \[those.who\].go.forth of.war \[those.who\].prepare of.battle with all weapons of.war \[were\].fifty thousand and to help with not a.heart and a.heart

*JPS 1917:* Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand; and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.

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[Isaiah 59:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.15/)

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וַתְּהִ֤י הָֽאֱמֶת֙ נֶעְדֶּ֔רֶת וְסָ֥ר מֵרָ֖ע מִשְׁתּוֹלֵ֑ל וַיַּ֧רְא יְהוָ֛ה וַיֵּ֥רַע בְּעֵינָ֖יו כִּֽי־אֵ֥ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* and it.was (the) truth missing and \[one.who\].turned.aside from evil \[was\].plundered and he.saw Yahweh and it.was.displeasing in eyes his (cmp) there.\[was\].not justice

*JPS 1917:* And truth is lacking, and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice;

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