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title: זְרֻבָּבֶל — Zerubbabel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְרֻבָּבֶל (2216), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Zerubbabel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְרֻבָּבֶל

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«זְרֻבָּבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zerubbabel** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 2216 · **BDB:** זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל

### Glosses

Zerubbabel (13); of.Zerubbabel (5); O.Zerubbabel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zerubbabel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2216/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2216/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (according to MV perhaps = זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל begotten in Babylon, v. also Thes prob. = Bab. Zêr-Bâbili = off-spring of Babylon, often in Inscr. (MeyE. Jud. v);)—grandson of king Jehoiachin, and son of Pedaiah 1 Ch 3:19(×2) (but son of Shealtiel Ezr 3:2, 8 etc., cf. שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל brother(?) of פְּדָיָה 1 Ch 3:17); leader of first returning exiles Ezr 2:2 = Ne 7:7, Ezr 3:2, 8; 4:2, 3 Ne 12:1, 47 Hg 1:12; 2:4 Zc 4:6, 7, 9, 10; called פַּחַת יְהוּדָה Hg 1:1, 14; 2:2, 21, called עַבְדִּי (by י׳) Hg 2:23.—𝔊 Ζοροβαβελ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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 «זְרֻבָּבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2216/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.19/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י פְדָיָ֔ה זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל וְשִׁמְעִ֑י וּבֶן־זְרֻבָּבֶל֙ מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם וַחֲנַנְיָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹמִ֖ית אֲחוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Pedaiah \[were\].Zerubbabel and Shimei and the.son of.Zerubbabel \[was\].Meshullam and Hananiah and.\[was\] Shelomith sister their

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

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[Haggai 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.21/)

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אֱמֹ֕ר אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל פַּֽחַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י מַרְעִ֔ישׁ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* say to Zerubbabel the.governor of.Judah (cmp) I \[am\].about.to.shake (et) the heavens and (et) the earth

*JPS 1917:* 'Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: I will shake the heavens and the earth;

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