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

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«תֶּרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tarah** — 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:תֶּרַח · **BDB:** תֶּ֫רַח

### Glosses

Tarah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tarah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b6_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b6_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. m. father of Abraham: (a king of ibex RSK (1st ed.) 220 (the deriv. was withdrawn afterwards by RS himself, v. RSK (2nd ed.) vii). (cf.Assyrian turâḫu, Arabic تَأْرُخٌ NöZMG xxxiii (1879), 331, Syriac ܬܰܪܽܘܚܳܐ capra caucasica), against which NöZMG xl 167;\* n.pr. div. JenZA vi. 70);—ת׳ Gn 11:25, 26, 27(×2), 28, 31, 32(×2) Jos 24:2; תָּ֑רַח Gn 11:24; 1 Ch 1:26; Θαρρα, 𝔊L Θαρα.—Vid. SelbieHast. DB Terah. loc. station on Exodus journey Nu 33:27, 28; Ταραθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 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 «תֶּרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b6_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.27/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִתָּ֑חַת וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּתָֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Tahath and they.encamped at Tarah

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Tahath, and pitched in Terah.

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[Numbers 33:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.28/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִתָּ֑רַח וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמִתְקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Tarah and they.encamped at Mithcah

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah.

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