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title: אוֹבִיל — Obil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹבִיל (179), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Obil. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹבִיל

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«אוֹבִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Obil** — 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:** 179 · **BDB:** אוֹבִיל

### Glosses

Obil (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Obil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/179/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/179/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (? camel-driver), GFM (privately) queries whether, if genuine, name may not be theophoric (x + īl), poss. error for אַדְבְּאֵל; or Aramaic Aph. from יבל (which in any case may have influenced pronunciation).), overseer of David’s camels 1 Ch 27:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹבִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/179/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 27:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.30/)

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וְעַל־הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔ים אוֹבִ֖יל הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י וְעַל־הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת יֶחְדְּיָ֖הוּ הַמֵּרֹנֹתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] over the camels Obil the Ishmaelite and.\[was\] over the she-asses Jehdeiah the Meronothite

*JPS 1917:* and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite;

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