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title: יַעְבֵּץ — Jabez · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעְבֵּץ (3258), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Jabez. BDB 1906: pr. Jabez loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעְבֵּץ

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«יַעְבֵּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jabez** — 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:** 3258 · **BDB:** יַעְבֵּץ

### Glosses

Jabez (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jabez [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3258/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. Jabez loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3258/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. m. Jabez, a man of the Calebites, 1 Ch 4:9(×2), 10 (where interpr. as akin to עצב; on position of this family cf. MeyJudenthum 118); 𝔊 Ιγαβης, A Ιαγβης, Γαβης, GL Ιαβιης, Ιαβηλ, Ιαβεις. loc. in Judah, appar. near Bethlehem 1 Ch 2:55 (cf. v 54); 𝔊 Γαμες, A Γαβης, 𝔊L Ιαβις.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעְבֵּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3258/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.9/)

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וַיְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְאִמּ֗וֹ קָרְאָ֨ה שְׁמ֤וֹ יַעְבֵּץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּ֥י יָלַ֖דְתִּי בְּעֹֽצֶב׃

*Word for word:* and he.was Jabez honored more than his.brothers and mother his she.had.called name his Jabez (cmp) (dm) I.gave.birth in pain

*JPS 1917:* And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'

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[1 Chronicles 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.10/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֣א יַ֠עְבֵּץ לֵאלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־בָּרֵ֨ךְ תְּבָרֲכֵ֜נִי וְהִרְבִּ֤יתָ אֶת־גְּבוּלִי֙ וְהָיְתָ֤ה יָדְךָ֙ עִמִּ֔י וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מֵּרָעָ֖ה לְבִלְתִּ֣י עָצְבִּ֑י וַיָּבֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.called Jabez to the.God of.Israel (cmp) if really.(bless) you will.bless.me and you.will.increase (et) territory my and it.will.be hand your with me and you.will.act from harm to not to hurt.me and he.brought God (et) \[that\].which he.had.asked.for

*JPS 1917:* And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested.

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