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title: יוּבָל — Jubal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוּבָל (3106), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jubal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוּבָל

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«יוּבָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jubal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3106 · **BDB:** יוּבָ֑ל

### Glosses

\[was\].Jubal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jubal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3106/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3106/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Lamech by Adah, and inventor of musical instr. Gn 4:21 (J); 𝔊 Ιωβαλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוּבָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3106/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.21/)

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וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יוּבָ֑ל ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י כָּל־תֹּפֵ֥שׂ כִּנּ֖וֹר וְעוּגָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and the.name his.brother his \[was\].Jubal he he.was \[the\].father of.every player of.harp and flute

*JPS 1917:* And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

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