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title: יְבוּס — Jebus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְבוּס (2982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Jebus. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Jebus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְבוּס

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«יְבוּס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jebus** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2982 · **BDB:** יְבוּס

### Glosses

Jebus (2); \[was\].Jebus (1); of.Jebus (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jebus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Jebus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Jebus, name of Jerusalem according to Ju 19:10 יְבוּס הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, cf. also v 11; 1 Ch 11:4 יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הִיא יְבוּס, cf. v 5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְבוּס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.4/)

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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ דָּוִ֧יד וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם הִ֣יא יְב֑וּס וְשָׁם֙ הַיְבוּסִ֔י יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went David and all Israel Jerusalem that \[was\].Jebus and.\[were\] there the Jebusite\[s\] the.inhabitants of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem — the same is Jebus — and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

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[1 Chronicles 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.5/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֤י יְבוּס֙ לְדָוִ֔יד לֹ֥א תָב֖וֹא הֵ֑נָּה וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־מְצֻדַ֣ת צִיּ֔וֹן הִ֖יא עִ֥יר דָּוִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and they.said the.inhabitants of.Jebus to David not you.will.come here and he.captured David (et) the.stronghold of.Zion that \[is\].the.city of.David

*JPS 1917:* And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: 'Thou shalt not come in hither.' Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

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