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title: זַבְדִּיאֵל — Zabdiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַבְדִּיאֵל (2068), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Zabdiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַבְדִּיאֵל

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«זַבְדִּיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zabdiel** — 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:** 2068 · **BDB:** זַבְדִּיאֵל

### Glosses

Zabdiel (1); of.Zabdiel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zabdiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2068/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2068/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my gift is God)— father of one of David’s officers 1 Ch 27:2. a prominent Hebrew in Nehemiah’s time Ne 11:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «זַבְדִּיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2068/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.14/)

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וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה וּפָקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־הַגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and brothers their mighty.\[men\] of.strength one.hundred twenty and eight and.\[was\] overseer over them Zabdiel the.son of the.great.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

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[1 Chronicles 27:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.2/)

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עַ֞ל הַמַּחֲלֹ֤קֶת הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן יָֽשָׁבְעָ֖ם בֶּן־זַבְדִּיאֵ֑ל וְעַל֙ מַֽחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].over the division (the) first for the month (the) first Jashobeam the.son of.Zabdiel and.\[were\] with division his twenty and four thousand

*JPS 1917:* Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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