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# עָתַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6279

**pray** — used 20 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

pray [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָתַר: vb. pray, supplicate Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pray, supplicate (always to God) (cf. Arabic عَتَرَ slaughter for sacrifice De Gn (4) 381 WeSkizzen iii. 115, 166; Heid.(2), 118, 142; RSSem i. 210 f.; 2nd ed., 227 f.);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיֶּעְתַּר לי׳ Gn 25:21, אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:26; 10:18 Ju 13:8; יֶעְתַּר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ Jb 33:26. be supplicated, entreated (and grant entreaty; always of God), usually c. ל of worshipper (v. ל 5 d): Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנֶעְתַּר לָהֶם Is 19:22; Impf. 3 ms. וַיֵּעָ֫תֶר לוֹ Gn 25:21 2 Ch 33:13, וַיֵּעָתֵר לָנוּ Ezr 8:23; c. לָאָרֶץ for the land 2 S 21:14; 24:25; Inf. abs. וְנִעְתּוֹר לָהֶם 1 Ch 5:20; cstr. (as subst.) הֵעָתֶר־לוֹ 2 Ch 33:19. = Qal, make supplication, c. אֶל, לְ: Pf. וְהַעְתַּרְתִּ֫י אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:25; Impf. 2 ms. תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו Jb 22:27; Imv. mpl. הַעְתִּירוּ אֶל־י׳ Ex 8:4; 9:28, לי׳ 10:17; also c. ל pers. in behalf of whom, Impf. 1 s. אַעְתִּיר לְךָ Ex 8:5, so Imv. הַעְתִּירוּ, c. בַּעֲדִי v 24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he was entreated (6); he prayed (4); pray (4).

## In the verses

[Exodus 10:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.18/#tree)

וַיֵּצֵ֖א מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out from with Pharaoh and he.prayed to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

[Exodus 8:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.26/#tree)

וַיֵּצֵ֥א מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Moses from with Pharaoh and he.prayed to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6279.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6279/): 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).