עֵדֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5739

flock — used 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

flock tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵ֫דֶר: n.m. flock, herd tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Gn 29, 2 flock, herd (NH id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא on 𝔊 Γαδερ Gn 35:16 (= ℌ v 21) v LagBN 76 f., who assigns ע׳ therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר (غدر), as lagging, loitering);—ע׳ abs. Gn 32:17(×2) +, cstr. Ct 4:1 +; sf. עֶדְרוֹ Is 40:11 +; pl. עֲדָרִים Gn 29:2 +, cstr. עֶדְרֵי Mi 5:7 +, etc.;— flock: of sheep, ע׳ צֹאן Gn 29:2 (J), Mi 5:7, ע׳ הַצּ׳ Jo 1:18; cf. Gn 29:2, 3, 8; 30:40 (all J), 1 S 17:34 Je 51:23 Mal 1:14; ‖ צֹאן Ez 34:12 (sim.), Pr 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה 2 Ch 32:28; ע׳ הָֽרְחֵלִים Ct 6:6 = 4:2 (ins. prob. הָֽר׳); sign of desolation Is 17:2; 32:14 (מִרְעֵה ע׳), Zp 2:14 Je 6:3, of peace 31:24; in sim. also Mi 2:12 Je 31:10 ψ 78:52; fig. of Isr. Is 40:11 Je 13:20 (‖ זֹאן), ע׳ יהוה v 17, so עֶדְרוֹ Zc 10:3. of goats, ע׳ הָעִוִּים Ct 4:1; 6:5. undefined Ju 5:16 Jb 24:2 Ct 1:7. herds, flocks and herds: incl. sheep, cattle, etc., Gn 32:17(×4), 20 (cf. v 14; all E) specif. ע׳ בָקָר Jo 1:18.—מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר v. p. 154 supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: flock (14); flocks (9); herds (3).

In the verses

Job 24:2 · tree →

גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

Word for word: borders people.reach flock[s] they.seize and they.have.pastured.[them]

JPS 1917: There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Proverbs 27:23 · tree →

יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃

Word for word: well.(know) you.will.know the.face your.flock your set heart your to.[the] herds

JPS 1917: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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