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title: חָבוֹר — Habor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָבוֹר (2249), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Habor. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָבוֹר

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«חָבוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Habor** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2249 · **BDB:** חָבוֹר

### Glosses

Habor (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Habor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2249/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.fl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2249/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. called נְהַר גּוֹזָן 2 K 17:6 = 18:11; erron. 1 Ch 5:26 וְח׳ וְהָרָא וּנְהַר גּוֹזָן; 𝔊 (Χ)αβωρ, Gk. Χαβωρας, etc., Assyrian Ḫabur, flowing into Euphrates from E.(DlPa 183 ff. KAT2 275. 614 COTi. 267); v. גּוֹזָן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָבוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2249/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 18:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.18.11/)

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וַיֶּ֧גֶל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיַּנְחֵ֞ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.took.into.exile the.king of.Assyria (et) Israel to Assyria and he led.them in Halah and on.\[the\] Habor the.river of.Gozan and the.cities of.Media

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes;

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[2 Kings 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.6/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* in the.year (of \[the\].ninth of Hoshea he.captured the.king of.Assyria (et) Samaria and he.took.into.exile (et) Israel to Assyria and he.caused.to.dwell them in Halah and on.\[the\] Habor the.river of.Gozan and the.cities of.Media

*JPS 1917:* In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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