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title: חַבָּר — associate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַבָּר (2271), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: associate. BDB 1906: n.m. associate, partner. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַבָּר

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«חַבָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **associate** — 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:** 2271 · **BDB:** חַבָּר

### Glosses

partners (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

associate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2271/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. associate, partner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2271/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. associate, partner in a trade or calling, only יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים Jb 40:30 will partners (i.e. those engaged in the catch) make traffic upon it (the crocodile)?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 «חַבָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2271/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.30/)

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יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָיו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* will.they.barter? on it partners will they.divide.it? between merchants

*JPS 1917:* Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

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