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title: גַּבְלֻת — twisting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּבְלֻת (1383), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: twisting. BDB 1906: n.f. twisting. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּבְלֻת

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«גַּבְלֻת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twisting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1383 · **BDB:** גַּבְלֻת

### Glosses

of.twisting (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twisting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1383/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. twisting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1383/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. twisting—שַׁרְשֹׁת גַּבְלֻת Ex 28:22, שַׁרְשְׁרֹת גּ׳ 39:15 (both P), cords of twisting, i. e. (well or tightly) twisted cords.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּבְלֻת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1383/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.22/)

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וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַֽׁרְשֹׁ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold.

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[Exodus 39:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.15/)

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וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and they.made on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

*JPS 1917:* And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.

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