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title: זְבוּלֻן — Zebulun · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְבוּלֻן (2074), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: Zebulun. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Zebulun. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְבוּלֻן

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«זְבוּלֻן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zebulun** — 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:** 45 times · **Key:** 2074 · **BDB:** זְבוּלֻן

### Glosses

Zebulun (22); of.Zebulun (22); O.Zebulun (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zebulun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2074/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Zebulun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2074/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Zebulun (on expl. of name given in E and J cf. זבד, זבל);—זְבוּלֻן Gn 49:13 + 25 times; זְבֻלוּן Ju 5:18 + 17 times; זְבוּלוּן Ju 1:30;— sixth son of Jacob and Leah Gn 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13 Ex 1:3 1 Ch 2:1. the tribe of Zebulun Nu 1:9 Dt 27:13; 33:18(×2) Ju 1:30; 4:10; 5:14, 18 Ez 48:26 1 Ch 12:34, 41; 27:19 2 Ch 30:11, 18; cf. שָׂרֵי ז׳ ψ 68:28; שַׁעַר ז׳ Ez 48:33; בְּנֵי ז׳ Nu 1:30; 2:7; 7:24; 26:26 Jos 19:10, 16 Ju 4:6; מַטֵּה ז׳ Nu 1:31; 2:7; 13:10; מַטֵּה בְּנֵי ז׳ Nu 10:16; 34:25. territory of the tribe אֶרֶץ ז׳ Ju 12:12, אַרְצָה ז׳ Is 8:23, גְּבוּל ז׳ Ez 48:27; also ז׳ alone Jos 19:27, 34 2 Ch 30:10, מַטֵּה ז׳ Jos 21:7, 34 1 Ch 6:48, 62.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: 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 «זְבוּלֻן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2074/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.3/)

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יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר זְבוּלֻ֖ן וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

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[Numbers 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.9/)

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לִזְבוּלֻ֕ן אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* for Zebulun Eliab the.son of.Helon

*JPS 1917:* Of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.

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