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title: כִּבְשָׂה — ewe-lamb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּבְשָׂה (3535), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: ewe-lamb. BDB 1906: n.f. ewe-lamb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּבְשָׂה

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«כִּבְשָׂה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ewe-lamb** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3535 · **BDB:** כִּבְשָׂה

### Glosses

a.ewe-lamb (3); ewe-lambs (3); ewe-lamb (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ewe-lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3535/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ewe-lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3535/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ewe-lamb; כִּ׳ 2 S 12:3, 6; כַּ׳ Lv 14:10 Nu 6:14; cstr. כִּבְשַׂת 2 S 12:4; pl. כְּבָשׂת Gn 21:29, 30; cstr. כִּבְשׂת v 28;—ewe-lambs (7) set in witness Gn 21:28, 29, 30 (E); used in sacrif. Lv 14:10 (purif.), Nu 6:14 (Nazirite; both P, and both ‖ כֶּבֶשׂ); for food, in Nathan’s parable 2 S 12:3, 4, 6.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּבְשָׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3535/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.28/)

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וַיַּצֵּ֣ב אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת הַצֹּ֖אן לְבַדְּהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.set Abraham (et) seven ewe-lambs of the.flock them alone

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

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[Genesis 21:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.29/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה שֶׁ֤בַע כְּבָשֹׂת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצַּ֖בְתָּ לְבַדָּֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Abimelech to Abraham what? \[are\].they seven ewe-lambs (the) these which you.have.set them alone

*JPS 1917:* And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

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