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title: יַבֶּלֶת — failure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַבֶּלֶת (2990), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: failure. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַבֶּלֶת

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«יַבֶּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **failure** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2990 · **BDB:** יַבֶּלֶת

### Glosses

a.running.sore (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

failure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2990/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. יַבָּל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַבֶּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2990/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 22:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.22/)

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עַוֶּרֶת֩ א֨וֹ שָׁב֜וּר אוֹ־חָר֣וּץ אֽוֹ־יַבֶּ֗לֶת א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת לֹא־תַקְרִ֥יבוּ אֵ֖לֶּה לַיהוָ֑ה וְאִשֶּׁ֗ה לֹא־תִתְּנ֥וּ מֵהֶ֛ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* blindness or a.fracture or a.mutilation or a.running.sore or a.festering.rash or scab\[s\] not you.will.present these to Yahweh and a.fire.offering not you.must.give any of.them on the altar to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

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