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title: חֶשְׁבּוֹן — Heshbon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶשְׁבּוֹן (2809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: Heshbon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶשְׁבּוֹן

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«חֶשְׁבּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Heshbon** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 2809 · **BDB:** חֶשְׁבּוֹן²

### Glosses

Heshbon (23); of.Heshbon (13); O.Heshbon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Heshbon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. of the city of Sihon king of the Amorites Nu 21:26, 27, 28, 30, 34; 32:3 (all E); Dt 1:4; 2:24, 26, 30; 3:2, 6; 4:46; 29:6 Jos 9:10; 12:2, 5; 13:10, 21, 27 (all D) Ju 11:19 Je 48:45 Ne 9:22; captured by Israel who dwelt in it Nu 21:25 (E) Ju 11:26; rebuilt by Reuben Nu 32:37 (E), given to Reuben at the division of the land Jos 13:17 (P); on the border of Gad, Jos 13:26 (P), it subsequently fell to Gad and was assigned to Levites out of that tribe Jos 21:39 (P) 1 Ch 6:66; the Moabites gained possession of it Is 15:4; 16:8, 9 and subsequently the Ammonites Je 48:2, 34, 45; 49:3; it was celebrated for its ponds Ct 7:5.—Mod. Ḥusbân, SeetzenReisen i. 407 RobBR i. 551 BdPal 191 SurveyEP 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «חֶשְׁבּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 21:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.27/)

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עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֹאמְר֥וּ הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים בֹּ֣אוּ חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן תִּבָּנֶ֥ה וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן עִ֥יר סִיחֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* therefore they.say \[those who\].speak.proverbs come Heshbon let.it.be.rebuilt and let.it.be.established the.city of.Sihon

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!

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[Numbers 32:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.37/)

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וּבְנֵ֤י רְאוּבֵן֙ בָּנ֔וּ אֶת־חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־אֶלְעָלֵ֑א וְאֵ֖ת קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and the.descendants of.Reuben they.built (et) Heshbon and (et) Elealeh and (et) Kiriathaim

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;

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