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# פְּדוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6304

**ransom** — used 4 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

ransom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פְּדוּת: n.f. ransom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ransom; פ׳ ψ 111:9 + 2 times; פְּדֻת Ex 8:19;—from exile Is 50:2; from iniquities ψ 130:7; in gen. ψ 111:9, שַׂמְתִּי פְדֻת בֵּין עַמִּי וּבֵין עְמֶּ֑ךָ Ex 8:19 I will set a ransom (distinguishing) between my people and thy people 𝔗, but improb. and text dub.; 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 set a distinction (reading what?).

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: redemption (2); a ransom (1); ransom (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 130:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.7/#tree)

יַחֵ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־יְה֫וָה כִּֽי־עִם־יְהוָ֥ה הַחֶ֑סֶד וְהַרְבֵּ֖ה עִמּ֣וֹ פְדֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* wait O.Israel to Yahweh (dm) \[is\].with Yahweh (the).covenant loyalty and great \[is\].with him redemption

*JPS 1917:* O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.

[Psalms 111:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.9/#tree)

פְּד֤וּת ׀ שָׁ֘לַ֤ח לְעַמּ֗וֹ צִוָּֽה־לְעוֹלָ֥ם בְּרִית֑וֹ קָד֖וֹשׁ וְנוֹרָ֣א שְׁמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* redemption he.sent for people his he.ordained forever of.perpetuity covenant his \[is\].holy and to.be.feared name his

*JPS 1917:* He hath sent redemption unto His people; He hath commanded His covenant for ever; Holy and awful is His name.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6304.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6304/): 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).