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title: זְבֻל — Zebul. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְבֻל (2083), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Zebul. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Zebul. Compare** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2083 · **BDB:** זְבֻל²

### Glosses

Zebul (5); Zebul? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zebul. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2083/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2083/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an officer of Abimelech Ju 9:28, 30, 36(×2), 38, 41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1494/2083/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.30/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע זְבֻל֙ שַׂר־הָעִ֔יר אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י גַּ֣עַל בֶּן־עָ֑בֶד וַיִּ֖חַר אַפּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Zebul the.official of the.city (et) the.words of.Gaal the.son of.Ebed and it.burned anger his

*JPS 1917:* And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

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[Judges 9:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.41/)

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בָּארוּמָ֑ה וַיְגָ֧רֶשׁ זְבֻ֛ל אֶת־גַּ֥עַל וְאֶת־אֶחָ֖יו מִשֶּׁ֥בֶת בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.dwelt Abimelech at.(the) Arumah and he.drove.out Zebul (et) Gaal and (et) brothers his from dwelling at Shechem

*JPS 1917:* And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

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