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title: כָּבַר — be much · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּבַר (3527), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be much. BDB 1906: vb. be much, many. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּבַר

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«כָּבַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be much** — 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:** 3527 · **BDB:** כָּבַר

### Glosses

abundance (1); he.multiplies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be much [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3527/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be much, many [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3527/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be much, many (Assyrian Kabâru, be great, mighty; kabru, great huge; Arabic كَبُرَ be great, in body, rank, or age, كَبِيرٌ great, noble, aged; Ethiopic ከብረ be honoured, magnified; ክብር honoured, glorious; Sab. epith. כבר HalEt.Sab.JAs. Dec. 1874, No. 90; Syriac ܟܒܰܪ, ܐܰܟܒܰܪ for Heb. רָבָה, הִרְבָּה, ܟܰܒܺܝܪ (rare) much; Zinj. be abundant, numerous)— (only Elihu) make many, Jb 35:16 בִּבְלִי דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר (cf. וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו 34:37) \>make great, BuBeitr. 138, comparing 8:2; מַכְבִּיר with the force of a subst. (Ew§ 160 c) 36:31 לְמַכְבִּיר יתן אכל giveth food in abundance (= prose לָרֹב, e.g. 2 Ch 11:23).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3527/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.31/)

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כִּי־בָ֭ם יָדִ֣ין עַמִּ֑ים יִֽתֶּן־אֹ֥כֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) by them he.judges peoples he.gives food to abundance

*JPS 1917:* For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

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[Job 35:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.16/)

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וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* and Job vanity he.opens mouth his with not knowledge words he.multiplies

*JPS 1917:* But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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