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title: טַבָּחָה — female cook · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַבָּחָה (2879), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: female cook. BDB 1906: n.f. female cook. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַבָּחָה

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«טַבָּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **female cook** — 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:** 2879 · **BDB:** טַבָּחָה

### Glosses

cooks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

female cook [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2879/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. female cook [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2879/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. female cook;—only pl. abs. טַבָּחוֹת 1 S 8:13 (+ רַקָּחוֹת perfumers and אֹפוֹת bakers, all as menials).

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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 (2 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 «טַבָּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2879/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.8.13/)

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וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח לְרַקָּח֥וֹת וּלְטַבָּח֖וֹת וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and (et) daughters your he.will.take to perfumers and to cooks and to bakers

*JPS 1917:* And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

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