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title: זָבַל — exalt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָבַל (2082), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: exalt. BDB 1906: vb. exalt, honour. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָבַל

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«זָבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exalt** — 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:** 2082 · **BDB:** זָבַל

### Glosses

he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exalt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2082/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. exalt, honour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2082/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prob. exalt, honour (Assyrian zabâlu COTGloss. and id. on Gn 30:20 1 K 8:13, cf. DlPr 62 f. so De; Ph. n.pr.f. בעלאזבל (prob. = Baal has exalted) cf. אִיזֶבֶל p. 33 supr.; cf. Arabic زَبَلَ take up and carry; \> NöZMG 1886, 729, who connects these vbs. with Syriac ܣܒܰܠ bear, carry, cf. Heb. סָבַל)— Impf. יִזְבְּלֵנִי אִישִׁי Gn 30:20b (J), my husband will honour me (in expl. of name Zebulun (v. infr.); on another appar. expl. in v a cf. זבד); \> AV al. dwell with me, cf. Thes RobGes who derive dwell with from an assumed meaning be round (cf. דור); and others (cf. MV8, 9), who derive dwell as denom. from זְבֻל in sense dwelling.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 «זָבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2082/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.20/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה זְבָדַ֨נִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֹתִי֮ זֵ֣בֶד טוֹב֒ הַפַּ֙עַם֙ יִזְבְּלֵ֣נִי אִישִׁ֔י כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ זְבֻלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and she.said Leah he has.endowed.me God me an.endowment good this time he will.honor.me husband my (dm) I.have.borne to him six sons and she.called (et) name his Zebulun

*JPS 1917:* And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun.

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