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title: יוֹכֶבֶד — Jochebed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹכֶבֶד (3115), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Jochebed. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹכֶבֶד

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«יוֹכֶבֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jochebed** — 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:** 3115 · **BDB:** יוֹכֶ֫בֶד

### Glosses

Jochebed (1); \[was\].Jochebed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jochebed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3115/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3115/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. 𝔊 Ἰωχαβεδ (י׳ is glory; cf. Ph. כבדמלקרת) daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses Ex 6:20 Nu 26:59 (both P).

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹכֶבֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3115/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.59/)

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וְשֵׁ֣ם ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת עַמְרָ֗ם יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙ בַּת־לֵוִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֥ה אֹתָ֛הּ לְלֵוִ֖י בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֣לֶד לְעַמְרָ֗ם אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת מִרְיָ֥ם אֲחֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the.name of.the.wife of.Amram \[was\].Jochebed the.daughter of.Levi whom someone.bore her to Levi in Egypt and she.bore to Amram (et) Aaron and (et) Moses and (et) Miriam sister their

*JPS 1917:* And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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[Exodus 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.20/)

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וַיִּקַּ֨ח עַמְרָ֜ם אֶת־יוֹכֶ֤בֶד דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙ ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וּשְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Amram (et) Jochebed sister his.father's for himself to a.wife and she.bore to him (et) Aaron and (et) Moses and the.years of.the.life of.Amram \[were\].seven and thirty and one.hundred year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.

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