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title: יִבְלְעָם — Ibleam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִבְלְעָם (2991), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ibleam. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִבְלְעָם

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«יִבְלְעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ibleam** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2991 · **BDB:** יִבְלְעָם

### Glosses

Ibleam (2); of.Ibleam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ibleam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2991/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2991/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. a city of Manasseh in West-Jordan land Jos 17:11 (JE; but יִב׳ here dub., v. BuRS 13 f.), Ju 1:27 2 K 9:27; so read also 2 K 15:10 for MT קָבָל־עָם (𝔊L ἐν Ιεβλααμ; v. Klo); = בִּלְעָם 1 Ch 6:55, q.v.; read יִבְלְעָם also in Jos 21:25 (‖ 1 Ch 6:55), for MT גַּת רִמּוֹן, 𝔊 Ιεβαθα (𝔊L after MT Γεθρεμμων), v. Di; it lay about 13 m. E. of N. from Samaria, three-fifths of the way to Jezreel; mod. ruin Belʿame BdPal. 228, cf. Schultz ZMG iii. 49; (Old Egyptian Y-b-ra-ʿa-mu̥ WMM 195).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִבְלְעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2991/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.27/)

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וַאֲחַזְיָ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ רָאָ֔ה וַיָּ֕נָס דֶּ֖רֶךְ בֵּ֣ית הַגָּ֑ן בֵּ֣ית הַגָּ֑ן וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ף אַחֲרָ֜יו יֵה֗וּא וַ֠יֹּאמֶר גַּם־אֹת֞וֹ הַכֻּ֣הוּ אֶל־הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־גוּר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽת־יִבְלְעָ֔ם וַיָּ֥נָס מְגִדּ֖וֹ וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and Ahaziah the.king of.Judah he.saw and he.fled the.direction Beth Haggan and he.pursued after him Jehu and he.said also him strike him.down into the chariot at the.ascent of.Gur which \[is\].with Ibleam and he.fled Megiddo and he.died there

*JPS 1917:* But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said: 'Smite him also in the chariot'; and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

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[Joshua 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.11/)

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וַיְהִ֨י לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר וּבְאָשֵׁ֗ר בֵּית־שְׁאָ֣ןבֵּית־שְׁאָ֣ן וּ֠בְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיִבְלְעָ֨ם וּבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָ וְֽאֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֧י דֹ֣אר וּבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י עֵֽינ־דֹּר֙עֵֽינ־דֹּר֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י תַעְנַךְ֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י מְגִדּ֖וֹ וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַנָּֽפֶת׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shan and daughters its and Ibleam and daughters its and (et) the.inhabitants of.Dor and daughters its and the.inhabitants of Endor and daughters its and the.inhabitants of.Taanach and daughters its and the.inhabitants of.Megiddo and daughters its the.three of.(the) Napheth

*JPS 1917:* And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three regions.

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