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title: טֹובִיָּה — Tobiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֹובִיָּה (2900), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Tobiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֹובִיָּה

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«טֹובִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tobiah** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 2900 · **BDB:** טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Tobiah (14); of.Tobiah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tobiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2900/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2900/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is my good)— טוֹבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:8, not 𝔊; 𝔊L Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֹבִיָּה 𝔊 Τωβια(ς). Ammonite adversary of Nehem. Ne 2:10, 19; 3:35; 4:1; 6:1, 12, 14, 17(×2), 19; 13:4, 7, 8. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezr 2:60 = Ne 7:62. a chief of returning exiles Zc 6:10, 14, 𝔊 χρησίμων (-μοις) αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֹבֶיהָ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֹובִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2900/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.60/)

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בְּנֵי־דְלָיָ֥ה בְנֵי־טוֹבִיָּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י נְקוֹדָ֑א שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Delaiah the.descendants of.Tobiah the.descendants of.Nekoda six hundred(s) fifty and two

*JPS 1917:* the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

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[Nehemiah 7:62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.62/)

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בְּנֵי־דְלָיָ֥ה בְנֵֽי־טוֹבִיָּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י נְקוֹדָ֑א שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Delaiah the.descendants of.Tobiah the.descendants of.Nekoda six hundred(s) and forty and two

*JPS 1917:* the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

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