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title: גַּבְנֹן — peak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּבְנֹן (1386), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: peak. BDB 1906: peak, rounded summit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּבְנֹן

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«גַּבְנֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **peak** — 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:** 1386 · **BDB:** גַּבְנֹן

### Glosses

of.peaks (1); peaks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

peak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1386/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

peak, rounded summit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1386/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] peak, rounded summit; pl. גַּבְנֻנִּים: ψ 68:16 הַר־אֱלֹהִים הַר־בָּשָׁ֑ן הַר־ג׳ הַר־בָּשָֽׁן׃; הָרִים ג׳ v 17 (appos., Thes Dr§ 188 al.; others adj. many-peaked). Cf. WetzstBatan. Giebelgeb., 1884.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּבְנֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1386/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.16/)

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הַר־אֱ֭לֹהִים הַר־בָּשָׁ֑ן הַ֥ר גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים הַר־בָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* O.mountain of.God O.mountain of.Bashan O.mountain of.peaks O.mountain of.Bashan

*JPS 1917:* A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

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[Psalms 68:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.17/)

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לָ֤מָּה ׀ תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָהָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אַף־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָנֶֽצַח׃

*Word for word:* why? do you.watch.with.envy O.mountains peaks the mountain \[which\].he.desired God he to dwell.in also Yahweh he.will.dwell to perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.

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