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title: כְּבָרָה — a sieve · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּבָרָה (3531), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a sieve. BDB 1906: n.f. sieve. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּבָרָה

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«כְּבָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a sieve** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3531 · **BDB:** כְּבָרָה

### Glosses

sieve (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a sieve [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3531/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sieve [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3531/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a sieve (a net-like implement), Am 9:9 כַּאֲשֶׁר יִנּוֹעַ בַּכְּבָרָה as it (corn) is shaken (i.e. sifted) in a sieve. Cf. WetzstZPV xiv. 1 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּבָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3531/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.9.9/)

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כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֔ה וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִי בְכָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙ בַּכְּבָרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִפּ֥וֹל צְר֖וֹר אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) here! I \[am\].about.to.command and I.will.shake among all the nations (et) the.house of.Israel just as it.is.shaken in (the) sieve and not it.will.fall a.pebble \[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

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