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title: כֶּבֶל — fetter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּבֶל (3525), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fetter. BDB 1906: fetter(s), late. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּבֶל

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«כֶּבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fetter** — 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:** 3525 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫בֶל

### Glosses

shackle\[s\] (1); shackles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fetter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3525/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fetter(s), late [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3525/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fetter(s), late;—sg. coll. עִנּוּ בַכּ׳ רגליו ψ 105:18 they humbled his feet with fetters(‖ בַּרְזֶל); pl. cstr. אסר בְּכַבְלֵי בַרְזֶל 149:8 (‖ זִקִּים)

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֶּבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3525/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.18/)

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עִנּ֣וּ בַכֶּ֣בֶל רַגְל֑וֹ בַּ֝רְזֶ֗ל בָּ֣אָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* people.afflicted with (the) shackle\[s\] foot his iron it.came neck his

*JPS 1917:* His feet they hurt with fetters, his person was laid in iron;

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[Psalms 149:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.8/)

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לֶאְסֹ֣ר מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם בְּזִקִּ֑ים וְ֝נִכְבְּדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּכַבְלֵ֥י בַרְזֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* to bind kings their with fetters and their.honored \[people\] with shackles of.iron

*JPS 1917:* To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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