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title: תָּאַר — draw in outline · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּאַר (lemma:תָּאַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: draw in outline. BDB 1906: vb. denom. draw in outline, trace out. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּאַר

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«תָּאַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **draw in outline** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:תָּאַר · **BDB:** תָּאַר²

### Glosses

he (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw in outline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d0_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. draw in outline, trace out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d0_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. draw in outline, trace out;—Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְתָֽאֲרֵ֫הוּ Is 44:13(×2) (both c. ב instr.), of shaping idols; for MT 2 mpl. תְּתָאוּ Nu 34:7, 8 CheEncy. Bib. 2109 proposes תְּתָאֲרוּ ye shall trace out (the boundary; with וְתֵאַרְתֶּם for וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם v 10); v. also תאה, תוה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּאַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d0_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 44:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.13/)

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חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* a.craftsman of.wood(s) he.stretches.out a.measuring-line he outlines.it with (the) marker he works.it with.(the) scraping tools and with (the) compass he outlines.it and he made.it like.\[the\] form of.a.man like.\[the\] beauty of.a.man to dwell a.house

*JPS 1917:* The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.

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