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title: חֹבֶרֶת — a thing that joins · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹבֶרֶת (2279), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: a thing that joins. BDB 1906: n.f. thing that joins is joined. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹבֶרֶת

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«חֹבֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a thing that joins** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2279 · **BDB:** חֹבֶ֫רֶת

### Glosses

set (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a thing that joins [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2279/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thing that joins is joined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2279/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a thing that joins or is joined, only of the curtain-pieces of the tabernacle, as joined together:—הַח׳ Ex 26:10; 36:17; בַּחֹבָ֑רֶת Ex 26:4, 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹבֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2279/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 36:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.36.17/)

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וַיַּ֜עַשׂ לֻֽלָאֹ֣ת חֲמִשִּׁ֗ים עַ֚ל שְׂפַ֣ת הַיְרִיעָ֔ה הַקִּיצֹנָ֖ה בַּמַּחְבָּ֑רֶת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻלָאֹ֗ת עָשָׂה֙ עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַיְרִיעָ֔ה הַחֹבֶ֖רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.made loops fifty on the.edge of the.curtain (the) outermost in the.joined set and fifty loops he.made on the.edge of the.curtain the.joined set (the) second

*JPS 1917:* And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the first set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second set.

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[Exodus 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.10/)

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וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת עַ֣ל שְׂפַ֤ת הַיְרִיעָה֙ הָֽאֶחָ֔ת הַקִּיצֹנָ֖ה בַּחֹבָ֑רֶת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת עַ֚ל שְׂפַ֣ת הַיְרִיעָ֔ה הַחֹבֶ֖רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make fifty loops on the.edge of the.curtain (the) one (the) outermost in the.joined set and fifty loops on the.edge of the.curtain the.joined set (the) second

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second set.

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