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title: חָבֵר — united · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָבֵר (2270), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: united. BDB 1906: adj. n.m. united, associate, companion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָבֵר

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«חָבֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **united** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 2270 · **BDB:** חָבֵר

### Glosses

companions (6); \[am\].a.companion (1); \[is\].a.companion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

united [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. n.m. united, associate, companion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.m. Ct 8:13, united, associate, companion—ח׳ abs. Pr 28:24 ψ 119:63; sf. חֲבֵרוֹ Ec 4:10 (+ 3 times Ez Kt; Qr חבריו, v. infr.); pl. חֲבֵרִים Ju 20:11 Ct 8:13; cstr. חַבְרֵי Is 1:23; sf. חֲבֵרֶ֑ךָ ψ 45:8, חֲבֵרֶ֑יךָ Ct 1:7; חֲבֵרָיו Is 44:11 + 3 times Ez Qr;— adj. united כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד חֲבֵרִים Ju 20:11 knit together as one man (AV RV). n. associate, fellow: of children (tribes) of Isr. assoc. with Judah as head Ez 37:16; id. assoc. with Joseph (Ephr.) as head v 16, 19 (in all these read Qr חֲבֵרָיו). of like rank ψ 45:8. of like calling Ct 1:7. worshippers (associates, belonging to the society or guild) of idols Is 44:11 (v. Che; \> others priests, Geiger Urschr, 121, 493 SS, cf. חֶבֶר Ho 6:9; Du reads חֲבָרִים enchantments). in gen. Ct 8:13. implying likeness of character Is 1:23 Pr 28:24 ψ 119:63. companion at a particular time Ec 4:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָבֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 20:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.11/)

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וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד חֲבֵרִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.gathered every (the).man of.Israel to the city like a.man one united

*JPS 1917:* So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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[Psalms 119:63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.63/)

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חָבֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי לְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְרֵא֑וּךָ וּ֝לְשֹׁמְרֵ֗י פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[am\].a.companion I of all \[those\].who they fear.you and of \[those.who\].keep precepts (of).your

*JPS 1917:* I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that observe Thy precepts.

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