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title: חֶבֶר — company · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶבֶר (2267), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: company. BDB 1906: company, association, spell spell:. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶבֶר

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«חֶבֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **company** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2267 · **BDB:** חֶ֫בֶר

### Glosses

of.association (2); spells (2); a.spell (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

company [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2267/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

company, association, spell spell: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2267/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] company, association, spell—abs. חָ֑בֶר Dt 18:11 + 2 times; cstr. חֶבֶר Ho 6:9; pl. חֲבָרִים ψ 58:6, sf. חֲבָרַיִךְ Is 47:9, 12;— company, band of (bad) priests Ho 6:9. association, society (abstr.), only in בֵּית חָ֑בֶר Pr 21:9 = 25:24 house of association, i.e. shared with a contentious woman (house in common, v. RVm VB). spell: as acc. cogn. c. חָבַר (q.v.) Dt 18:11 ψ 58:6. alone, of Babylonian magic Is 47:9, 12 (v. LenChald. Magic \[1878\]; Magie u. Wahrsagekunst, 1878; ScholzGötzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877, 80 ff. SayTBA iii. 145 ff. and Rel. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2267/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.6/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* which not it.listens to.\[the\] sound of.charmers \[one.who\].casts spells skillful

*JPS 1917:* Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.

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[Proverbs 25:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.24/)

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ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good to.dwell on \[the\].corner of.a.roof more than.a.woman of.contentions and a.house of.association

*JPS 1917:* It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.

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