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title: חֶבֶר — Heber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶבֶר (2268), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Heber. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Heber** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 2268 · **BDB:** חֶ֫בֶר²

### Glosses

Heber (6); of.Heber (4); \[were\].Heber (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Heber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2268/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2268/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. חֶבֶר (𝔊 Χαβερ) the Kenite, husband of Jael Ju 4:11, 17(×2), 21; 5:24. a man of Asher חִבֶר Gn 46:17 (P) 𝔊 Χοβωρ 1 Ch 7:31, 32 𝔊 Χαβερ 𝔊L Ιεχοβερ; חֵבֶר Nu 26:45 𝔊 Χοβερ; on poss. identif. with Ḫabiri of Tel el Amarna v. Jastr JBL 1892, xi. 118 ff. 1893, xii. 61 ff. חֶבֶר name in Judah 1 Ch 4:18 𝔊 Αβεισα, 𝔊L Αβερ. חָ֑בֶר a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:17 𝔊 Αβαρ, 𝔊L Αβερ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «חֶבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2268/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.17/)

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וּזְבַדְיָ֥ה וּמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם וְחִזְקִ֥י וָחָֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* and Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber

*JPS 1917:* And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber;

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[1 Chronicles 7:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵ֑ל ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י בִרְזָֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Beriah \[were\].Heber and Malkiel he \[was\].the.father Birzaith

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

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