עֵשָׂו

«עֵשָׂו» in the Tanakh dictionary: Esau — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 97 times · Key: 6215 · BDB: עֵשָׂו

Glosses

Esau (57); of.Esau (37); [am].Esau (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Esau tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Esau tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Esau, Ησαυ;—Esau, elder son of Isaac Gn 25:25, 26 + 7 times 25, 26:34; 27:1 + 24 times 27, 28; 32:4 + 15 times 32, 33, 35; Jos 24:4(×2) Mal 1:2, 3; 1 Ch 1:34; identif. with אֱדוֹם Gn 36:1, 8, 19, ancestor of Edomites v 9, 43, cf. 1 Ch 1:35; dwelling in Mt. Seir Gn 36:8 (25 times in all, Gn 36) Dt 2:5; Jos 24:4; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו = Edomites Dt 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; עֵשָׂו = Edom Je 49:8; Ob 6, בֵּית עֵשָׂו v 18(×2), הַר עֵשָׂו v 8, 9, 19, 21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עֵשָׂו» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 36:1

וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְד֥וֹת עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃

Word for word: and these [are].the.accounts of.Esau that [is].Edom

JPS 1917: Now these are the generations of Esau — the same is Edom.

Obadiah 1:6

אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃

Word for word: how! they.will.be.plundered Esau they.will.be.searched.out treasures its.hidden

JPS 1917: How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

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