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title: הָבְנִים — ebony · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָבְנִים (1894), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ebony. BDB 1906: ebony. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָבְנִים

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«הָבְנִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ebony** — 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:** 1894 · **BDB:** הָבְנִי

### Glosses

ebony (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ebony [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1894/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ebony [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1894/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ebony (so Symm 𝔙 Ki \& moderns; otherwise 𝔊 𝔖; Egyptian heben, LiebleinÄZ 1886, 13 cf. PinskerEinleitung 83; Gk. ἔβενος, Lat. hebenum)—only pl. הָבְנִים Ez 27:15 Qr (Kt הובנים) קַרְנוֹת שֵׁן והבנים; it was brought from India, \& (finer) from Ethiopia, cf. Sm \& reff.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָבְנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1894/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.15/)

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בְּנֵ֤י דְדָן֙ רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ אִיִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים סְחֹרַ֣ת יָדֵ֑ךְ קַרְנ֥וֹת שֵׁן֙ וְהָבְנִ֔ים הֵשִׁ֖יבוּ אֶשְׁכָּרֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Dedan \[were\].your traders islands many \[were\].the.merchandise your.hand your horns of.ivory and ebony they.brought tribute your

*JPS 1917:* The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.

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