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	'''''A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament''''', more commonly known as '''''Brown–Driver–Briggs''''' or '''''BDB''''' (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for [[Biblical Hebrew]] and [[Biblical Aramaic]],<ref name=BHAL2013/> first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of [[triliteral\|three letter roots]]. It was based on the Hebrew-German [[lexicon]] of [[Wilhelm Gesenius]], translated by [[Edward Robinson (scholar)\|Edward Robinson]]. The chief editor was [[Francis Brown (theologian)\|Francis Brown]], with the co-operation of [[Samuel Rolles Driver]] and [[Charles Augustus Briggs]], hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the [[Strong's concordance\|Strong's reference numbers]] for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2018}}		'''''A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament''''', more commonly known as '''''Brown–Driver–Briggs''''' or '''''BDB''''' (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for [[Biblical Hebrew]] and [[Biblical Aramaic]],<ref name=BHAL2013/> first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of [[triliteral\|three letter roots]].

	In 2013, [[Semitic studies\|semitists]] [[Jo Ann Hackett]] and [[John Huehnergard]] received a [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] grant to fund creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting ''Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon'' will be available through a website (''Semitica Electronica'') or via print-on-demand.<ref name=BHAL2013>{{cite web \|date=11 July 2013 \|title=Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard Receive NEH Grant for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon \|website=UT College of Liberal Arts \|publisher=University of Texas at Austin \|url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/news/jo-ann-hackett-and-john-huehnergard-receive-neh-grant-for-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-lexicon }}</ref>		BDB was based on the Hebrew-German [[lexicon]] of [[Wilhelm Gesenius]], translated by [[Edward Robinson (scholar)\|Edward Robinson]]. The chief editor was [[Francis Brown (theologian)\|Francis Brown]], with the co-operation of [[Samuel Rolles Driver]] and [[Charles Augustus Briggs]], hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the [[Strong's concordance\|Strong's reference numbers]] for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2018}}

			In 2013, [[Semitic studies\|semitists]] [[Jo Ann Hackett]] and [[John Huehnergard]] received a [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] grant to fund the creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting ''Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon'' will be available through a website (''Semitica Electronica'') or via print-on-demand.<ref name=BHAL2013>{{cite web \|date=11 July 2013 \|title=Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard Receive NEH Grant for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon \|website=UT College of Liberal Arts \|publisher=University of Texas at Austin \|url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/news/jo-ann-hackett-and-john-huehnergard-receive-neh-grant-for-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-lexicon }}</ref>

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{{Short description|Reference for Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic}}
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| caption = Impression of 1939
| author = [[Francis Brown (theologian)|Francis Brown]], [[Samuel Rolles Driver]], [[Charles Augustus Briggs]]
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| country = [[England]]
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| subject = [[Biblical Hebrew]]
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'''''A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament''''', more commonly known as '''''Brown–Driver–Briggs''''' or '''''BDB''''' (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for [[Biblical Hebrew]] and [[Biblical Aramaic]],<ref name=BHAL2013/> first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of [[triliteral|three letter roots]]. It was based on the Hebrew-German [[lexicon]] of [[Wilhelm Gesenius]], translated by [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]]. The chief editor was [[Francis Brown (theologian)|Francis Brown]], with the co-operation of [[Samuel Rolles Driver]] and [[Charles Augustus Briggs]], hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the [[Strong's concordance|Strong's reference numbers]] for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In 2013, [[Semitic studies|semitists]] [[Jo Ann Hackett]] and [[John Huehnergard]] received a [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] grant to fund creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting ''Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon'' will be available through a website (''Semitica Electronica'') or via print-on-demand.<ref name=BHAL2013>{{cite web |date=11 July 2013 |title=Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard Receive NEH Grant for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon |website=UT College of Liberal Arts |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/news/jo-ann-hackett-and-john-huehnergard-receive-neh-grant-for-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-lexicon }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament]]
* [[New American Standard Bible]]. The "Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon" is dubbed "The New American Standard (NAS) Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon" at www.biblestudytools.com.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{wikisource-inline|Index:A Hebrew and English Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs).djvu|single=true}}.
* [https://mg.alhatorah.org/dictionary/en Concordance and Dictionary] – developed by [https://alhatorah.org/ ALHATORAH.ORG], utilizing modified versions of: J. Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Cincinnati, 1890); F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1906); and the work of D. Troidl generously made available at openscriptures.org (CC BY 4.0)
* [https://archive.org/details/BDBHebrewLexicon Abridged 1994 version with Strong's Code system], via [[Internet Archive]].
* [http://www.greeklatin.narod.ru/bdb/0.htm Full-page images of the BDB].
* [https://archive.org/details/hebrewenglishlex00browuoft 1939 Reprint edition], via [[Internet Archive]].

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