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title: יָבֵישׁ — Jobesh (-Gilead) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָבֵישׁ (3003), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Jobesh (-Gilead). BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָבֵישׁ

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«יָבֵישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jobesh (-Gilead)** — 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:** 3003 · **BDB:** יָבֵשׁ³

### Glosses

of.Jabesh (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jobesh (-Gilead) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3003/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3003/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. et pers. n.pr.loc. יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead, 𝔊 Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site uknown, Ju 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14 2 S 21:12; 1 Ch 10:11 (𝔊L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 S 11:1, 9; 31:11 2 S 2:4, 5 (in these three 𝔊L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατίδιτος); יָבֵישׁ 1 S 11:1, 3, 5, 9, 10; יָבֵשׁ 1 Ch 10:12; יָבֵ֑ישָׁה v 12; ‖ יָבֵ֫שָׁה 1 S 31:12, 13. n.pr.m. יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 K 15:10, 13, 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָבֵישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3003/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.10/)

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וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־יָבֵ֔שׁ וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ קָֽבָלְ־עָ֖ם וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.conspired on him Shallum the.son of.Jabesh and he struck.him.down before.\[the\] people and he killed.him and he.became.king in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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[2 Kings 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.13/)

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שַׁלּ֤וּם בֶּן־יָבֵישׁ֙ מָלַ֔ךְ בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְעֻזִיָּ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יֶֽרַח־יָמִ֖ים בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* Shallum the.son of.Jabesh he.became.king in year thirty and nine year of Uzziah the.king of.Judah and he.reigned a.month of.days in Samaria

*JPS 1917:* Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.

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