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title: יָבִין — Jabin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָבִין (2985), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Jabin. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָבִין

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«יָבִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jabin** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 2985 · **BDB:** יָבִין

### Glosses

Jabin (6); of.Jabin (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jabin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2985/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2985/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (one who is intelligent, discerning) two Canaanite kings of Hazor;— Jos 11:1. Ju 4:2, 7, 17, 23, 24(×2) ψ 83:10. (But cf. Be Ju 4:2 BuRS 66 ff.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָבִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2985/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.10/)

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עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* do to them like Midian like Sisera like Jabin at the.wadi of.Kishon

*JPS 1917:* Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

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[Judges 4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.23/)

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וַיַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.subdued God on the day (the) that (et) Jabin the.king of.Canaan before the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

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