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Lexicon :: Strong's H1730 - dôḏ

Aa
דּוֹד
Transliteration
dôḏ
Pronunciation
dode
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning properly, to boil
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 410a

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹד dôwd, dode; or (shortened) דֹּד dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:—(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H1730 in the following manner: beloved (34x), uncle (16x), love(s) (8x), father's brother (2x), wellbeloved (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H1730 in the following manner: beloved (34x), uncle (16x), love(s) (8x), father's brother (2x), wellbeloved (1x).

  1. beloved, love, uncle

    1. loved one, beloved

    2. uncle

    3. love (pl. abstract)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹד dôwd, dode; or (shortened) דֹּד dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:—(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
STRONGS H1730: Abbreviations
† דּוֺד noun masculineSongs 1:2 beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac DxD, axDxD; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19) — absolute דּוֺד Songs 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1 Samuel 10:14 3 times; דֹּד Leviticus 10:4; Esther 2:15; suffix דּוֺדִי Isaiah 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 times all Songs; דֹּדִי Jeremiah 32:8 2 times; דֹּדְךָ Jeremiah 32:7; דּוֺדֵךְ Songs 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 times; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1 Samuel 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Leviticus 20:20 4 times; דּוֺדָהּ Songs 8:5; plural דּוֺדִים Songs 5:1; דֹּדִים Proverbs 7:18; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 23:17; plural suffix דֹּדַי Cant 7:13; דֹּדֶיךָ Songs 1:2,4; דֹּדַיִךְ Songs 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Numbers 36:11 —
1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Songs 1:13,14,16; Songs 2:3,8,9,10,16,17; Songs 4:16; Songs 5:2,4,5,6 (twice in verse); Songs 5:8,9 (twice in verse); Songs 5:10,16; Songs 6:1 (twice in verse); Songs 6:2,3(twice in verse); Songs 7:10; Songs 7:11; Songs 7:12; Songs 7:14; Songs 8:5; Songs 8:14; beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֺדִי Isaiah 5:1 (where Lo Che דודים שׁ׳ love-song, see 3 below)
2. specifically uncle, Leviticus 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Numbers 36:11; 1 Samuel 14:50; 2 Kings 24:17; Leviticus 20:20; Leviticus 25:49 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:14,15,16; Esther 2:7,15; Jeremiah 32:7,8,9,12; perhaps also 1 Chronicles 27:32 Jonathan, David's דּוֺד so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.
3. plural abstract love Proverbs 7:18; Songs 1:2,4; Songs 4:10 (twice in verse); Songs 5:1 (Songs 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, Greek Version of the LXX ἀδελφυἰ; so עֵת דדים Ezekiel 16:8; מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ezekiel 23:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

10:4; 10:4; 20:20; 20:20; 25:49

Numbers

36:11; 36:11

1 Samuel

10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 10:16; 10:16; 14:50

2 Kings

24:17

1 Chronicles

27:32

Esther

2:7; 2:15; 2:15

Proverbs

7:18; 7:18

Song of Songs

1:2; 1:2; 1:2; 1:4; 1:4; 1:13; 1:14; 1:16; 2:3; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 2:16; 2:17; 4:10; 4:10; 4:16; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:8; 5:9; 5:9; 5:9; 5:10; 5:16; 6:1; 6:2; 6:3; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 8:5; 8:5; 8:14

Isaiah

5:1; 5:1

Jeremiah

32:7; 32:7; 32:8; 32:8; 32:9; 32:12

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 23:17; 23:17

Amos

6:10; 6:10

H1730

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Strong's Number H1730 matches the Hebrew דּוֹד (dôḏ),
which occurs 61 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 10:4–Jer 32:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - Moses H4872 called H7121 also to Mishael H4332 and Elzaphan, H469 the sons H1121 of Aaron’s H175 uncle H1730 Uzziel, H5816 and said H559 to them, “Come H7126 forward, H7126 carry H5375 your [fn]relatives H251 away H5375 from the front H6440 of the sanctuary H6944 to the outside H4480 H2351 of the camp.” H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 lies H7901 with his uncle’s H1733 wife H1733 he has uncovered H1540 his uncle’s H1730 nakedness; H6172 they will bear H5375 their sin. H2399 They will die H4191 childless. H6185

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or H176 his uncle, H1730 or H176 his uncle’s H1730 son, H1121 may redeem H1350 him, or H176 one of his blood H7607 relatives H7607 from his family H4940 may redeem H1350 him; or H176 [fn]if he prospers, H5381 he may redeem H1350 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - Mahlah, H4244 Tirzah, H8656 Hoglah, H2295 Milcah H4435 and Noah, H5270 the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765 married H802 their uncles’ H1730 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 - Now Saul’s H7586 uncle H1730 said H559 to him and his servant, H5288 “Where H575 did you go?” H1980 And he said, H559 “To look H1245 for the donkeys. H860 When we saw H7200 that they could not be found, H369 we went H935 to Samuel.” H8050

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:15 - Saul’s H7586 uncle H1730 said, H559 “Please H4994 tell H5046 me what H4100 Samuel H8050 said H559 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - So Saul H7586 said H559 to his uncle, H1730 “He told H5046 us plainly H5046 that the donkeys H860 had been found.” H4672 But he did not tell H5046 him about the matter H1697 of the kingdom H4410 which H834 Samuel H8050 had mentioned. H559

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - The name H8034 of Saul’s H7586 wife H802 was Ahinoam H293 the daughter H1323 of Ahimaaz. H290 And the name H8034 of the captain H8269 of his army H6635 was Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner, H5369 Saul’s H7586 uncle. H1730

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 made H4427 [fn]his uncle H1730 Mattaniah H4983 king H4427 in his place, H8478 and changed H5437 his name H8034 to Zedekiah. H6667

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Also Jonathan, H3083 David’s H1732 uncle, H1730 was a counselor, H3289 a man H376 of understanding, H995 and a scribe; H5608 and Jehiel H3171 the son H1121 of Hachmoni H2453 [fn]tutored H5973 the king’s H4428 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was bringing H539 up Hadassah, H1919 that is Esther, H635 his uncle’s H1730 daughter, H1323 for she had H369 no H369 father H1 or H369 mother. H517 Now the young H5291 lady H5291 was beautiful H3303 of form H8389 and [fn]face, H4758 and when her father H1 and her mother H517 died, H4194 Mordecai H4782 took H3947 her as his own daughter. H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the turn H8447 of Esther, H635 the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 who H834 had taken H3947 her as his daughter, H1323 came H5060 to go H935 in to the king, H4428 she did not request H1245 anything H1697 except H3588 H518 what H834 Hegai, H1896 the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in charge H8104 of the women, H802 [fn]advised. H559 And Esther H635 found H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:18 - “Come, H1980 let us drink H7301 our fill H7301 of love H1730 until H5704 morning; H1242
Let us delight H5965 ourselves with caresses. H159

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 - “[fn]May he kiss H5401 me with the kisses H5390 of his mouth! H6310
For your love H1730 is better H2896 than H4480 wine. H3196

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - “Draw H4900 me after H310 you and let us run H7323 together!
The king H4428 has brought H935 me into his chambers.” H2315
“[fn]We will rejoice H1523 in you and be glad; H8055
We will [fn]extol H2142 your love H1730 more H4480 than H4480 wine. H3196
Rightly H4339 do they love H157 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13 - “My beloved H1730 is to me a pouch H6872 of myrrh H4753
Which lies H3885 all night H3885 between H996 my breasts. H7699

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - “My beloved H1730 is to me a cluster H811 of henna H3724 blossoms
In the vineyards H3754 of Engedi.” H5872

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - “[fn][fn]How H2009 handsome H3303 you are, my beloved, H1730
And so H637 pleasant! H5273
Indeed, H637 our couch H6210 is luxuriant! H7488

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - “[fn]Like an [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 among the trees H6086 of the forest, H3293
So H3651 is my beloved H1730 among H996 the [fn]young H1121 men. H1121
In his shade H6738 I took H2530 great delight H2530 and sat H3427 down, H3427
And his fruit H6529 was sweet H4966 to my [fn]taste. H2441

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:8 - “[fn]Listen! H6963 My beloved! H1730
Behold, H2009 he is coming, H935
Climbing H1801 on the mountains, H2022
Leaping H7092 on the hills! H1389

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - “My beloved H1730 is like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag. H354
Behold, H2009 he is standing H5975 behind H310 our wall, H3796
He is looking H7688 through H4480 the windows, H2474
He is peering H6692 through H4480 the lattice. H2762

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 - “My beloved H1730 responded H6030 and said H559 to me,
‘Arise, H6965 my darling, H7474 my beautiful H3303 one, H3303
And come H1980 along.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 - “[fn]My beloved H1730 is mine, and I am his;
He pastures H7462 his flock among the lilies. H7799

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - “Until H5704 [fn]the cool H6315 of the day H3117 when the shadows H6738 flee H5127 away,
Turn, H5437 my beloved, H1730 and be like H1819 a gazelle H6643
Or H176 a young H6082 stag H354 on the mountains H2022 of [fn]Bether.” H1336

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - “How H4100 beautiful H3302 is your love, H1730 my sister, H269 my bride! H3618
How H4100 much better H2896 is your love H1730 than H4480 wine, H3196
And the fragrance H7381 of your oils H8081
Than H4480 all H3605 kinds of [fn]spices! H1314

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - “[fn]Awake, H5782 O north H6828 wind,
And come, H935 wind of the south; H8486
Make my garden H1588 breathe H6315 out fragrance,
Let its [fn]spices H1314 [fn]be wafted H5140 abroad.
May my beloved H1730 come H935 into his garden H1588
And eat H398 its choice H4022 fruits!” H6529

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - “[fn]I have come H935 into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 my bride; H3618
I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with my balsam. H1314
I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 [fn]and my honey; H1706
I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 [fn]and my milk. H2461
Eat, H398 friends; H7453
Drink H8354 and [fn]imbibe H7937 deeply, H7937 O lovers.” H1730

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - “[fn]I was asleep H3463 but my heart H3820 was awake. H5782
A voice! H6963 My beloved H1730 was knocking: H1849
‘Open H6605 to me, my sister, H269 my darling, H7474
My dove, H3123 my perfect H8535 one! H8535
For my head H7218 is [fn]drenched H4390 with dew, H2919
My locks H6977 with the [fn]damp H7447 of the night.’ H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 - “My beloved H1730 extended H7971 his hand H3027 through H4480 the opening, H2356
And my [fn]feelings H4578 were aroused H1993 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5 - “I arose H6965 to open H6605 to my beloved; H1730
And my hands H3027 dripped H5197 with myrrh, H4753
And my fingers H676 with [fn]liquid H5674 myrrh, H4753
On the handles H3709 of the bolt. H4514

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:6 - “I opened H6605 to my beloved, H1730
But my beloved H1730 had turned H2559 away H2559 and had gone! H5674
My [fn]heart H5315 went H3318 out to him as he spoke. H1696
I searched H1245 for him but I did not find H4672 him;
I called H7121 him but he did not answer H6030 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - “I adjure H7650 you, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem, H3389
If H518 you find H4672 my beloved, H1730
As to what H4100 you will tell H5046 him:
For I am lovesick.” H2470 H160

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - “[fn][fn]What H4100 kind of beloved H1730 is your beloved, H1730
O most beautiful H3303 among women? H802
[fn]What H4100 kind of beloved H1730 is your beloved, H1730
That thus H3602 you adjure H7650 us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:10 - “[fn]My beloved H1730 is dazzling H6703 and ruddy, H122
[fn]Outstanding H1713 among H4480 ten H7233 thousand. H7233

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - “His [fn]mouth H2441 is full of sweetness. H4477
And he is wholly H3605 desirable. H4261
This H2088 is my beloved H1730 and this H2088 is my friend, H7453
O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem.” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:1 - “[fn]Where H575 has your beloved H1730 gone, H1980
O most beautiful H3303 among women? H802
Where H575 has your beloved H1730 turned, H6437
That we may seek H1245 him with you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - “[fn]My beloved H1730 has gone H3381 down H3381 to his garden, H1588
To the beds H6170 of balsam, H1314
To pasture H7462 his flock in the gardens H1588
And gather H3950 lilies. H7799

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 - “I am my beloved’s H1730 and my beloved H1730 is mine,
He who pastures H7462 his flock among the lilies.” H7799

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 - And your [fn]mouth H2441 like the best H2896 wine!” H3196
“[fn]It goes H1980 down smoothly H4339 for my beloved, H1730
Flowing H1680 gently H1680 through the lips H8193 of those who H3463 fall H3463 asleep. H3463

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:10 - “I am my beloved’s, H1730
And his desire H8669 is for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:11 - “Come, H1980 my beloved, H1730 let us go H3318 out into the [fn]country, H7704
Let us spend H3885 the night H3885 in the villages. H3723

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:12 - “Let us rise H7925 early H7925 and go to the vineyards; H3754
Let us see H7200 whether H518 the vine H1612 has budded H6524
And its blossoms H5563 have opened, H6605
And whether the pomegranates H7416 have bloomed. H5340
There H8033 I will give H5414 you my love. H1730

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - “The mandrakes H1736 have given H5414 forth fragrance; H7381
And over H5921 our doors H6607 are all H3605 choice H4022 fruits,
Both new H2319 and old, H3465
Which I have saved H6845 up for you, my beloved. H1730

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - “[fn]Who H4310 is this H2088 coming H5927 up from the wilderness H4057
Leaning H7514 on her beloved?” H1730
“[fn]Beneath H8478 the [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 I awakened H5782 you;
There H8033 your mother H517 was in labor H2254 with you,
There H8033 she was in labor H2254 and gave H3205 you birth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - “[fn][fn]Hurry, H1272 my beloved, H1730
And be like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag H354
On the mountains H2022 of spices.” H1314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 - Let me sing H7891 now H4994 for my well-beloved H3039
A song H7892 of my beloved H1730 concerning His vineyard. H3754
My well-beloved H3039 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 on [fn]a fertile H1121 H8081 hill. H7161

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7 - ‘Behold, H2009 Hanamel H2601 the son H1121 of Shallum H7967 your uncle H1730 is coming H935 to you, saying, H559 “Buy H7069 for yourself my field H7704 which H834 is at Anathoth, H6068 for you have the right H4941 of redemption H1353 to buy H7069 it.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son H1121 came H935 to me in the court H2691 of the guard H4307 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 and said H559 to me, ‘Buy H7069 my field, H7704 please, H4994 that is at Anathoth, H6068 which H834 is in the land H776 of Benjamin; H1144 for you have the right H4941 of possession H3425 and the redemption H1353 is yours; buy H7069 it for yourself.’ Then I knew H3045 that this H1931 was the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - “I bought H7069 the field H7704 which H834 was at Anathoth H6068 from Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son, H1121 and I weighed H8254 out the silver H3701 for him, seventeen H7651 H6235 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave H5414 the deed H5612 of purchase H4736 to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah, H5374 the son H1121 of Mahseiah, H4271 in the sight H5869 of Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son and in the sight H5869 of the witnesses H5707 who signed H3789 the deed H5612 of purchase, H4736 before H5869 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who were sitting H3427 in the court H2691 of the guard. H4307

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