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title: אׇהֳלִיבָמָה — Oholibamah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇהֳלִיבָמָה (173), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Oholibamah. BDB 1906: n.pr. Ohŏlibama. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אׇהֳלִיבָמָה

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«אׇהֳלִיבָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Oholibamah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 173 · **BDB:** אָהֳלִיבָמָה

### Glosses

Oholibamah (5); of.Oholibamah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Oholibamah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/173/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. Ohŏlibama [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/173/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Ohŏlibama (tent of the high place) f. wife of Esau Gn 36:2, 5, 14, 18, 25. m. an Edomite chief Gn 36:41 1 Ch 1:52.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אׇהֳלִיבָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/173/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.41/)

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אַלּ֧וּף אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה אַלּ֥וּף אֵלָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף פִּינֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* chief Oholibamah chief Elah chief Pinon

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

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[1 Chronicles 1:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.52/)

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אַלּ֧וּף אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה אַלּ֥וּף אֵלָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף פִּינֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* chief Oholibamah chief Elah chief Pinon

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

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