אֵתָם

«אֵתָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: Etham — 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: 4 times · Key: 864 · BDB: אֵתָם

Glosses

Etham (3); of.Etham (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Etham tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.loc. (perhaps = Egyptian Chetem, cf. EbersGS 521 f. but 𝔊 Ὀθομ, Ὀθωμ, cf. LagBN 54) Ex 13:20 in Egypt, place on edge of desert, so Nu 33:6, 7; מִדְבַּר אֵתָם Nu 33:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Exodus 13:20

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Word for word: and they.set.out from Succoth and they.encamped at Etham on the.edge of the.wilderness

JPS 1917: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Numbers 33:6

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Word for word: and they.set.out from Succoth and they.encamped at Etham which [is].on the.edge of the.wilderness

JPS 1917: And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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