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title: שְׁבַט — tribe · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁבַט (lemma:שְׁבַט), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: tribe. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבַט

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«שְׁבַט» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **tribe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁבַט · **BDB:** שְׁבַט

### Glosses

of.the.tribes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tribe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. tribe (BH שֵׁבֶט, √ שׁבט);—pl. cstr. שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezr 6:17.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁבַט I: to strike with the rod, to beat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (v. preced.) to strike with the rod, to beat. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXIV, 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/)

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וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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