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title: טָבַע — sink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָבַע (2883), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: sink. BDB 1906: vb. sink, sink down. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָבַע

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«טָבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sink** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 2883 · **BDB:** טָבַע

### Glosses

they.have.sunk (2); I.have.sunk (1); he.sank (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2883/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sink, sink down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2883/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sink, sink down (NH id.; Aramaic ܛܒܰܥ, טְבַע; Ph. טבע coin; Assyrian ṭebû, sink in, ṭabbîʾu, diver (water-fowl) etc., v. Muss-ArnoltJBL xi, 1892, 170 DlHWB; Arabic طَبَعَ seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic ጠምዐ dip)— Pf. טָבַעְתִּי ψ 69:3; טָֽבְעוּ ψ 9:16 La 2:9; Impf. וַיִּטְבַּע Je 38:6; וַתִּטְבַּע 1 S 17:49; אֶטְבָּ֑עָה ψ 69:15;—sink, sink down, intrans., c. בְּ; 1 S 17:49 (stone into Goliath’s forehead); Je 38:6 (Jerem. in mire of dungeon); La 2:9 (gates of Jerus. into ground); metaph. of distress; ψ 69:3 ט׳בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה; 69:15 (‖ הצילני מִטִּיט); nations into the pit (בַּשַּׁחַת) 9:16. Pf. טֻבְּעוּ be sunk Ex 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned בְּיַם־סוּף. Pf. הָטְבְּעוּ be sunk בַבֹּץ in the mire, of feet, metaph. of entanglements and difficulties Je 38:22; הָטְבָּ֑עוּ, of pedestals (אֲדָנִים) of the earth, as settled, planted עַל Jb 38:6 (‖ ירה פִּנָּה); abs. of mountains Pr 8:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2883/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.25/)

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בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* before mountains they.were.planted before \[the\].hills I.was.brought.forth

*JPS 1917:* Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

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[Job 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.6/)

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עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* on what? bases its were.they.sunk or who? did.he.lay the.stone its.corner her

*JPS 1917:* Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

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