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title: עׇפְרָה — Ophrah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇפְרָה (lemma:עׇפְרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Ophrah. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇפְרָה

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«עׇפְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ophrah** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:עׇפְרָה · **BDB:** עָפְרָה

### Glosses

Ophrah (5); of.Ophrah (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ophrah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5c7_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5c7_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. loc.: in Benj. Jos 18:23 (P), Αφαρ, etc.; 1 S 13:17 Γοφερα; prob. = עֶפְרוֹן 2 and אֶפְרַיִם 6; perhaps mod. eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, c. 4 miles NE. from Bethel, cf. GASmGeogr. 252 BuhlGeogr. 177. in Manasseh, Εφραθα: Ju 6:11; 8:27; cstr. עָפְרַת אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי 6:24, but עָפְרָה וגו׳ 8:32; c. ה loc. עָפְרָ֫תָה Ju 9:5. n.pr.m. 1 Ch 4:14, Γοφερα, 𝔊L Εφραθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇפְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5c7_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.23/)

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וְהָעַוִּ֥ים וְהַפָּרָ֖ה וְעָפְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (the) Avvites and (the) Parah and Ophrah

*JPS 1917:* and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

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[1 Samuel 13:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.17/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֧א הַמַּשְׁחִ֛ית מִמַּחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים הָרֹ֨אשׁ אֶחָ֥ד יִפְנֶ֛ה אֶל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ עָפְרָ֖ה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ שׁוּעָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and it.came.out the destroyer from the.camp of.\[the\].Philistines three companies the company one it.turned to the.direction of.Ophrah to the.land of.Shual

*JPS 1917:* And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

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