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title: חֹרֵב — Horeb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹרֵב (2722), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Horeb. BDB 1906: n.pr.mont. Horeb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹרֵב

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«חֹרֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Horeb** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 2722 · **BDB:** חֹרֵב

### Glosses

Horeb (15); of.Horeb (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Horeb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2722/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.mont. Horeb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2722/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.mont. Horeb (waste, desert)—𝔊 Χωρηβ (v. LagBN 85); אֶל־הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵ֑בָה Ex 3:1 (E), cf. עַד הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵב 1 K 19:8; הַצּוּר בִּחֹרֵב Ex 17:6, הַר חוֹרֵב 33:6 (both E); מֵחֹרֵב, בְּחֹרֵב Dt 1:2, 6, 19; 4:10, 15; 5:2; 9:8; 18:16; 28:69; 1 K 8:9 2 Ch 5:10 ψ 106:19 Mal 3:22; the sacred mountain of the wilderness, no geograph. diff. from סִינַי discoverable, but synonym of it in E and (especially) D (except poem Dt 33:2; vid. סִינַי P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹרֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2722/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.19/)

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יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵ֥גֶל בְּחֹרֵ֑ב וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.made a.calf at Horeb and they.bowed.down to a.molten.image

*JPS 1917:* They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

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[Deuteronomy 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.2/)

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יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת עִמָּ֛נוּ בְּרִ֖ית בְּחֹרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh God our he.made with us a.covenant at Horeb

*JPS 1917:* The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

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