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title: חִשָּׁבוֹן — device · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִשָּׁבוֹן (2810), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: device. BDB 1906: n.m. device, invention. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִשָּׁבוֹן

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«חִשָּׁבוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **device** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2810 · **BDB:** חִשָּׁבוֹן

### Glosses

schemes (1); war.engines (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

device [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2810/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. device, invention [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2810/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. device, invention (cf. LagBN 200)—only pl. abs. חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת; עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת רַבִּים Ec 7:29 God made mankind upright but they sought out many devices; וַיַּעַשׂ חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חֹוֹשֵׁב 2 Ch 26:15 and he made contrivances (i.e. engines of war for hurling stones and arrows, see v b) the invention of inventive men.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִשָּׁבוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2810/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 7:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.29/)

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לְבַד֙ רְאֵה־זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* only consider this I.have.found (cmp) he.made (the) God (et) (the) humankind upright and they they.have.sought schemes many

*JPS 1917:* Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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[2 Chronicles 26:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.15/)

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ ׀ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב לִהְי֤וֹת עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ וְעַל־הַפִּנּ֔וֹת לִירוֹא֙ בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת וַיֵּצֵ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ עַד־לְמֵ֣רָח֔וֹק כִּֽי־הִפְלִ֥יא לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

*Word for word:* and he.made in Jerusalem war.engines \[the\].invention of.an.inventor to be on the towers and on the corners to shoot with (the) arrows and with (the) stones large and it.went.out name his to (to).from a distance (dm) he.made.wonderful to be.helped until (dm) he.was.strong

*JPS 1917:* And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

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