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title: אֵבֶה — reed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵבֶה (16), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reed. BDB 1906: reed, papyrus. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵבֶה

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«אֵבֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reed** — 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:** 16 · **BDB:** אֵבֶ֫ה

### Glosses

of.reed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/16/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

reed, papyrus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/16/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] reed, papyrus (etymology uncertain; = Arabic أَبَاءٌ, Assyrian abu DlW, AGl) אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶ֑ה Jb 9:26 (craft made of reeds, light \& swift, Heliod.Aethiop. X, 460) = כְּלֵי־גֹמֶא Is 18:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵבֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/16/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.26/)

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חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃

*Word for word:* they.have.passed.on with ships of.reed like an.eagle \[which\].it.rushes on food

*JPS 1917:* They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.

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