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title: חֵלֶב — Heleb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵלֶב (2460), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Heleb. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵלֶב

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«חֵלֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Heleb** — 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:** 2460 · **BDB:** חֵ֫לֶב²

### Glosses

Heleb (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Heleb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2460/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2460/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Sab. n.pr.m. חֿלבן = the crafty one Sab.Denkm. 27. 28)—one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:29 (but read חלד(י), v. Dr), 𝔊 Εσθαει, A Αλαφ, 𝔊L Αλλαν (= חֵלֶד 1 Ch 11:30 = חֶלְדַּי 27:15).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵלֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2460/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.29/)

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חֵ֥לֶב בֶּֽן־בַּעֲנָ֖ה הַנְּטֹפָתִ֑יס אִתַּי֙ בֶּן־רִיבַ֔י מִגִּבְעַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Heleb the.son of.Baanah the Netophathite Ittai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;

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