Hebrew word · H6301

פְּדָהצוּר

pedahtzur

Pedahzur

Built from padah, "to ransom, buy free" (used for redeeming firstborn sons, Num 18:15–16, and for God freeing Israel from Egypt, Deut 7:8), and tsur, "rock," a title for God as a fortress and refuge (Deut 32:4, 15, 18, 30–31). Meaning: "the Rock has ransomed."

Appears 7 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.10;

father of: Gamaliel (H1583)

§ Pedahzur = "the Rock has ransomed"

father of Gamaliel who was the chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the time of the exodus

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Numbers 7:54

Range of meaning

Built from padah, "to ransom, buy free" (used for redeeming firstborn sons, Num 18:15–16, and for God freeing Israel from Egypt, Deut 7:8), and tsur, "rock," a title for God as a fortress and refuge (Deut 32:4, 15, 18, 30–31). Meaning: "the Rock has ransomed."

Against the English

English writes it as one name, "Pedahzur." The Hebrew marks the two parts with a hyphen, which keeps the sentence inside the name visible.

Used elsewhere in the period

Names using tsur cluster in the leader lists of Numbers 1: Elizur ("my God is a rock"), Zurishaddai ("my rock is Shaddai"), Pedahzur. The Greek Old Testament spells it Phadassour.

Where it appears

Numbers · 7

  1. Numbers 1:10 פְּדָהצֽוּר׃ Pedahzur

    from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

  2. Numbers 2:20 פְּדָהצֽוּר׃ Pedahzur

    The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

  3. Numbers 7:54 פְּדָה־ צֽוּר׃ Pedah-, -zur

    On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.

    Here: First part of the father's name, from the verb padah, "to ransom, redeem." The words "has ransomed" sit inside the name.

  4. Numbers 7:59 פְּדָה צֽוּר׃ פ Pedah zur

    and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

  5. Numbers 10:23 פְּדָה־ צֽוּר׃ Pedah-, -zur

    Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

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