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title: זְבֻל — elevation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְבֻל (2073), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: elevation. BDB 1906: elevation, height, lofty abode. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְבֻל

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«זְבֻל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **elevation** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2073 · **BDB:** זְבֻל

### Glosses

of.loftiness (2); a.lofty.residence (1); lofty.residence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

elevation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

elevation, height, lofty abode [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] elevation, height, lofty abode (NH זְבוּל temple);—בָּנוֹ בָּנִיתִי בֵּית זְבֻל לָ֑ךְ 1 K 8:13 = 2 Ch 6:2 (poet.; prob. from book of Jashar, cf. 𝔊 WeComp. 271 DrIntr. 182; on בֵּית־זְבֻל = Assyrian bît zabal, lofty house cf. COT 1 K 8:13 DlPr 62 f.); לְבַלּוֹת שְׁאוֹל מִזְּבֻל לוֹ ψ 49:15 text dub.; Ew Hi Ri Now read מַזְבּוּל (or מִזְבּוֹל, Ew) as n. = dwelling; Che prop. for מִזְּבֻל, \[לְעוֹלָ\]ם ז׳ Checrit. n.; זְבֻל קָדְשְׁךָ Is 63:15 (‖ שָׁמַיִם) the high abode of thy holiness (cf. Checrit. n.); of the lofty abode of sun and moon: שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻ֑לָה Hb 3:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְבֻל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.13/)

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בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* indeed.(build) I.have.built a.house of.loftiness for you a.place you to dwell.in forever

*JPS 1917:* I have surely built Thee a house of habitation, a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

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[2 Chronicles 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.2/)

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וַֽאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I I.have.built a.house of.loftiness for you and a.place you to dwell.in forever

*JPS 1917:* But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

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