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title: גְּבַל — Gebal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּבַל (1380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Gebal. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּבַל

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«גְּבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gebal** — 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:** 1380 · **BDB:** גְּבַל

### Glosses

of.Gebal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gebal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1380/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1380/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. maritime city on the Pheuician coast Ez 27:9; (Ph. גבל = Byblus (Sm Di Jos 13:5); in Assyrian Gubli COTGloss.); mod. Jebeil BdPal 358; v. also FurrerZPV viii. 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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.9/)

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זִקְנֵ֨י גְבַ֤ל וַחֲכָמֶ֙יהָ֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ מַחֲזִיקֵ֖י בִּדְקֵ֑ךְ כָּל־אֳנִיּ֨וֹת הַיָּ֤ם וּמַלָּֽחֵיהֶם֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ לַעֲרֹ֖ב מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.elders of.Gebal and its.wise \[people\] they.were in you the.repairers your.leak\[s\] your all the.ships of the.sea and mariners their they.were in you to trade merchandise your

*JPS 1917:* The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy merchandise.

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