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title: טַבַּעַת — signet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַבַּעַת (2885), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: signet. BDB 1906: n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַבַּעַת

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«טַבַּעַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **signet** — 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:** 49 times · **Key:** 2885 · **BDB:** טַבַּ֫עַת

### Glosses

rings (34); the.signet-ring (4); signet-ring (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

signet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring (on format. v. LagBN 88; Assyrian ṭimbu’u, seal-ring, Muss-Arnoltl.c.)—abs. טַבַּעַת Ex 26:24 + 3 times; cstr. id. Est 3:12 + 3 times; טַבַּעְתּוֹ Gn 41:42 + 2 times; pl. abs. טַבָּעוֹת Is 3:21 Ex 28:23; טַבָּעֹת Ex 25:12(×2) + 14 times; cstr. טַבְּעוֹת Ex 28:23 + 2 times; טַבְּעֹת Ex 25:12 + 12 times; sf. טַבְּעֹתָ֯ו Ex 28:28; 39:21; טַבְּעֹתֵיהֶם Ex 26:29; טַבְּעֹתָם 36:34;— signet-ring, of king, taken from his hand and given as token of authority Gn 41:42 (E), Est 3:10; 8:2; used in sealing official missives Est 3:12; 8(×2), 10 (vb. חָתַם). ring, as ornament Is 3:21; as gift for sacred purposes Ex 35:22 Nu 31:50 (both P). most often (only in Ex.) of rings for staves of ark, for curtains, for ephod, and other sacred furniture Ex 25:12(×3) + 35 times in Ex (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טַבַּעַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.21/)

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הַטַּבָּע֖וֹת וְנִזְמֵ֥י הָאָֽף׃

*Word for word:* the signet-rings and the.rings of the.nose

*JPS 1917:* the rings, and the nose-jewels;

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[Exodus 25:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.15/)

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בְּטַבְּעֹת֙ הָאָרֹ֔ן יִהְי֖וּ הַבַּדִּ֑ים לֹ֥א יָסֻ֖רוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* in the.rings of the.ark they.will.be the poles not they.will.be.removed from it

*JPS 1917:* The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

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