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title: גִּבְעָה — Gibeah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּבְעָה (1390), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: Gibeah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּבְעָה

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«גִּבְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gibeah** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 1390 · **BDB:** גִּבְעָה²

### Glosses

Gibeah (37); (the) (4); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gibeah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1390/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1390/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (hill)—ג׳ Jos 15:57 +; (הַ)גִּבְעָ֫תָה Ju 20:4 + 5 times; גִּבְעַת Jos 18:28; cstr. גִּבְעַת 1 S 11:4 + 9 times; abs. always c. art. except Jos 15:57; 18:28 Ju 19:12; 20:31 1 S 10:26 2 Ch 13:2;— a city of Judah Jos 15:57 (perhaps one of two villages called Gabaa, Gabatha in Onom. v. LagOnom. 246, 128; 2nd ed. 255, 160). city of Benj. Ju 19:14, 16 + 20 times Ju, 1 S 10:26; 14:2; 22:6; 26:1 2 S 23:29 = 1 Ch 11:31; also Ho 5:8; 9:9; 10:9(×2) (cf. Ju 19:12 ff.) 2 Ch 13:2; perhaps also 1 S 7:1; 10:10 2 S 6:3, 4 read also (for גבע) 1 S 13:16 Ju 20:10, 33; = גִּבְעַת Jos 18:28; called also גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין 1 S 13:2, 15; 14:16, \& גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל 1 S 11:4; 15:34 Is 10:29; 2 S 21:6 read prob. גִּבְעוֹן, 𝔊 We Dr. a city of Ephraim, called גִּבְעַת פִּֽינְחָס Jos 24:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּבְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1390/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 20:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.29/)

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וַיָּ֤שֶׂם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹֽרְבִ֔ים אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.set Israel ambushers to (the) Gibeah round.about

*JPS 1917:* And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

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[Joshua 15:57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.57/)

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הַקַּ֖יִן גִּבְעָ֣ה וְתִמְנָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* (the) Kain Gibeah and Timnah cities ten and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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