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title: כֶּבֶשׁ — footstool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּבֶשׁ (3534), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: footstool. BDB 1906: footstool. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּבֶשׁ

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«כֶּבֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **footstool** — 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:** 3534 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫בֶשׁ

### Glosses

a.footstool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

footstool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3534/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

footstool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3534/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] footstool (late) (NH id., step, stair; Aramaic כִּבְשָׁא, etc., a rude seat (rare))—כ׳ בַּזָּהָב 2 Ch 9:18 (of Solomon’s throne).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֶּבֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3534/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.18/)

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וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּא וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מָאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and six steps \[belonged\].to the throne and a.footstool in (the) gold to the throne \[were\].attached and hands from this and from this \[were\].on the.place of the.sitting and two lions \[were\].standing beside the hands

*JPS 1917:* And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

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