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title: יוֹבֵל — ram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹבֵל (3104), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: ram. BDB 1906: n.m. ram, ram’s horn, cornet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹבֵל

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«יוֹבֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ram** — 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 3104 · **BDB:** יוֹבֵל

### Glosses

the.jubilee (10); jubilee (8); rams'.horns (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3104/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ram, ram’s horn, cornet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3104/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 36:4 ram, ram’s horn, cornet (Ph. יבל ram; cf. Di Lv 25:10 DlPr 124)—abs. יוֹבֵל Jos 6:5 + 7 times; יֹבֵל Ex 19:13 + 13 times; pl. יוֹבְלִים Jos 6:4 + 2 times; יֹבְלִים Jos 6:13;— ram, only in combin.: בִּמְשֹׁךְ בְּקֶרֶן הַיּ׳ Jos 6:5 the ram’s horn, as wind-instrument; so שׁוֹפְרוֹת (ה)י(ו)בלים Jos 6:4, 6, 8, 13 rams’ horns (v. BenzArchäol. 276); יֹבֵל alone, בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל Ex 19:13 at the sounding of the ram(’s horn). designation of 50th year, marked by blowing of cornets, AV ‘jubile’ (so NH יוֹבֵל, 𝔗 יובֵילָא, as loan-word); orig. no doubt שְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל year of the ram(’s horn), as Lv 25:13, 28, 40, 50, 52, 54 (all H), 27:17, 18, 23, 24 (all P), but then, without שׁנת, as יוֹבֵל הִוא תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם 25:10 a ram(’s horn blowing) shall it be to you; so v 11, 12, 15, 28, 30, 31, 33 (all H), 27:18, 21 Nu 36:4 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹבֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3104/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 25:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.13/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֥ת הַיּוֹבֵ֖ל הַזֹּ֑את תָּשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* in the.year of the.jubilee (the) this you.will.return each.one to possession his

*JPS 1917:* In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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[Leviticus 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.17/)

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אִם־מִשְּׁנַ֥ת הַיֹּבֵ֖ל יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵ֑הוּ כְּעֶרְכְּךָ֖ יָקֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* if from the.year of the.jubilee he.will.set.apart.as.holy field his according to your.valuation it.will.stand

*JPS 1917:* If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.

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