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title: יָגַב — till · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָגַב (3009), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: till. BDB 1906: vb. till, be husbandman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָגַב

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«יָגַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **till** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3009 · **BDB:** יָגַב

### Glosses

husbandmen (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

till [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3009/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. till, be husbandman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3009/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. till, be husbandman, only Pt. pl. לְכֹרְמִים וּלְיֹגְבִים Je 52:16 2 K 25:12 Qr (Kt גבים); v. גוב p. 155b supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָגַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3009/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 25:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.12/)

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וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor of the.land he.left.behind \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards to vinedressers and to husbandmen

*JPS 1917:* But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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[Jeremiah 52:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.16/)

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וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor.people of the.land he.left.behind Nebuzaradan \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards to vinedressers and to husbandmen

*JPS 1917:* But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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