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title: יַבֹּק — Jabbok · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַבֹּק (2999), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Jabbok. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַבֹּק

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«יַבֹּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jabbok** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2999 · **BDB:** יַבֹּק

### Glosses

Jabbok (5); of.Jabbok (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jabbok [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2999/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.fl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2999/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. (√ prob. בקק; so Thes after Simonis, Sam. Di) מַעֲבַר (ה)יבק Gn 32:23 (where perhaps connected with אבק = יאבק); נַ֫חַל יַבּ׳ Dt 2:37, יַבּ׳ הַנַּחַל Dt 3:16 Jos 12:2, יַבֹּק Nu 21:24 (‖ אַרְנֹן, cf. Dt 3:16 Jos 12:2), הַיַּבֹּק Nu 11:13, 22 (in both, ‖ ארנון); it empties into Jordan from East, in latitude of Shechem; called (southern) boundary of Ammon Shiloh; N. border of Amorites, Nu 21:24 (v. Di), Ju 11:22; in its upper course it runs S. to N., hence (W.) border of Ammon, Dt 3:16 and (northern) of Amorites (cf. 2:37), Jos 12:2; but some confusion (Di Nu 21:24 Dt 2:37);—mod. Wady Zerqa BdPal. 181.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַבֹּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2999/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 11:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.22/)

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וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־גְּב֣וּל הָאֱמֹרִ֑י מֵֽאַרְנוֹן֙ וְעַד־הַיַּבֹּ֔ק וּמִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְעַד־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.took.possession.of (et) all the.territory of the.Amorite\[s\] from.\[the\] Arnon and to the Jabbok and from the wilderness and to the Jordan

*JPS 1917:* And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.

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[Deuteronomy 2:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.37/)

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רַ֛ק אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֖וֹן לֹ֣א קָרָ֑בְתָּ כָּל־יַ֞ד נַ֤חַל יַבֹּק֙ וְעָרֵ֣י הָהָ֔ר וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* only to the.land of.the.people of.Ammon not you.drew.near all the.side of.the.wadi of.Jabbok and the.cities of the.hill.country and all that he.had.commanded Yahweh God our

*JPS 1917:* Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbade us.

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