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title: דָּרְבָן — goad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּרְבָן (1861), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: goad. BDB 1906: goad. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּרְבָן

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«דָּרְבָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **goad** — 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:** 1861 · **BDB:** דָּרְבָן

### Glosses

goad\[s\] (1); goads (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

goad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1861/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

goad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1861/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] goad (NH id.), לְהַצִּיב הַדָּרְבָ֑ן 1 S 13:21 (on form cf. Ol§ 215 b. 3 al. Dr).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּרְבָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1861/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.11/)

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דִּבְרֵ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת וּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹת נְטוּעִ֖ים בַּעֲלֵ֣י אֲסֻפּ֑וֹת נִתְּנ֖וּ מֵרֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].words of.wise.\[people\] \[are\].like (the) goads and.\[are\] like nails firmly.fixed masters of.collections they.are.given from a.shepherd one

*JPS 1917:* The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.

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[1 Samuel 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.21/)

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וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה הַפְּצִ֣ירָה פִ֗ים לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙ וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים וּלְהַצִּ֖יב הַדָּרְבָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the charge two.thirds.of.a.shekel for the plowshares and for the mattocks and for three fork and for the axes and to make.straight the goad\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.

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