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title: חִבֵּל — mast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִבֵּל (2260), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mast. BDB 1906: mast. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִבֵּל

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«חִבֵּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mast** — 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:** 2260 · **BDB:** חִבֵּל

### Glosses

of.a.mast (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2260/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2260/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] prob. mast (as corded or roped in place; denom. from חֶבֶל)—only in sim. of drunken man שֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאֹשׁ ח׳ Pr 23:34 (opp. שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם) i.e. in the lookout-basket at the mast-head, cf. Thes in carchesio.—𝔊 𝔙 read חֹבֵל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִבֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2260/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.34/)

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וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב־יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.be like \[one.who\].lies.down in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].sea and like \[one.who\].lies.down at.\[the\] top of.a.mast

*JPS 1917:* Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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