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title: חֲבַקּוּק — Habakkuk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲבַקּוּק (2265), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Habakkuk. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲבַקּוּק

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«חֲבַקּוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Habakkuk** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2265 · **BDB:** חֲבַקּוּק

### Glosses

Habakkuk (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Habakkuk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2265/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2265/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. the prophet Habakkuk Hb 1:1; 3:1; 𝔊 Ἀμβακουμ (Assyrian ḫambaḳûḳu is name of a plant, DlHA 36, Pr 84, so حبقبق in Yemen (Schweinfurth) v. HomAufsätze u. Abh. 1892, 27, 28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲבַקּוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2265/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.1/)

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הַמַּשָׂא֙אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה חֲבַקּ֖וּק הַנָּבִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* the oracle which he.saw Habakkuk the prophet

*JPS 1917:* THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

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[Habakkuk 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.1/)

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תְּפִלָּ֖ה לַחֲבַקּ֣וּק הַנָּבִ֑יא עַ֖ל שִׁגְיֹנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* a.prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on shiggionoth

*JPS 1917:* A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.

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