atad · Atad; thornbush

What it means

atad (אָטָד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Atad; thornbush”.

Thornbush, bramble; Atad, the name of a place.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• thornbush ×3
• Atad ×2
• bramble ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Judges×3
• Psalms×1

• Genesis 50:10

  They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a great and very solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning of seven days for his father.

• Genesis 50:11

  When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

• Judges 9:14

  Then all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’

• Judges 9:15

  The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come, take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

• Psalms 58:9

  Before your pots feel the bramble, whether green or burning, he will sweep it away in a storm.

And 1 more times.