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title: יְרֻבַּעַל — Jerubbaal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרֻבַּעַל (3378), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Jerubbaal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרֻבַּעַל

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«יְרֻבַּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jerubbaal** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 3378 · **BDB:** יְרֻבַּ֫עַל

### Glosses

of.Jerub-Baal (8); Jerub-Baal (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jerubbaal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3378/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3378/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. name given to Gideon (according to Ju 6:32, where expl. as let Baal contend (cf. Dr 2 S 4(×2) Köii. 1, 467); Impf. ירוב not elsewhere \[yet תרוב Pr 3:30 Kt, and Inf. cstr. רוב Ju 21:23 Kt\], hence WeSm 31 expl. as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירה, cf. יְרוּאֵל, יְרִיאֵל (p. 436 b), so GFM Ju Bu Ju Now Ju);—Ju 6:32; 7:1; 8:29, 35; 9:1 + 8 times 9 (-בָּ֑עַל 9:24, 57), 1 S 12:11; = יְרֻבֶּ֫שֶׁת †2 S 11:21 (v. בֹּשֶׁת 2, sub בושׁ); Ιεροβααλ (usually; so 𝔊L 1 S 12:11 2 S 11:21, where 𝔊B Ιεροβοαμ).—יָרָבְעָם, v. רבב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרֻבַּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3378/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 8:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.29/)

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וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ יְרֻבַּ֥עַל בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Jerub-Baal the.son of.Joash and he.dwelt in his.own house

*JPS 1917:* And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

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[Judges 8:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.35/)

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וְלֹֽא־עָשׂ֣וּ חֶ֔סֶד עִם־בֵּ֥ית יְרֻבַּ֖עַל גִּדְע֑וֹן כְּכָל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* and not they.did loyalty with the.house of.Jerub-Baal Gideon according to.all the good which he.had.done with Israel

*JPS 1917:* neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.

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