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# יְרֻשָּׁה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3425

**a possession** — used 14 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

a possession [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְרֻשָּׁה: n.f. possession, inheritance [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (a) possession, inheritance;—abs. יר׳ Dt 2:5 + 7 times, cstr. יְרֻשַּׁת Ju 21:17 ψ 61:6 (but on text v. infr.); sf. יְרֻשָּֽׁתְךָ 2 Ch 20:11; יְרֻשָּׁתוֹ Dt 2:12; 3:20; יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם Jos 1:15;—used of land Dt 2:5, 9(×2), 19(×2); 3:20; אֶרֶץ יְרֻשָּׁתוֹ 2:12 the land of his possession, so Jos 1:15; further, 12:6, 7 Ju 21:17 (but BuRS 152 נִשְׁאֲרָה), Je 32:8 ψ 61:6 (but אֲרֶשֶׁת request, cf. Checrit. n.), 2 Ch 20:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a possession (8); possession (3); its possession (1).

## In the verses

[Judges 21:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.17/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.said a.possession of.\[the\].escaped.remnant \[belongs\].to Benjamin and not it.will.be.wiped.out a.tribe from Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

[Psalms 61:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.61.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.61.6/#tree)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִנְדָרָ֑י נָתַ֥תָּ יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת יִרְאֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you O.God you.have.listened to vows my you.have.given the.possession of.\[those\].fearing name (of).your

*JPS 1917:* For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows; Thou hast granted the heritage of those that fear Thy name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3425/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).