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title: כֶּשֶׂב — lamb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּשֶׂב (3775), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: lamb. BDB 1906: lamb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּשֶׂב

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«כֶּשֶׂב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 13 times · **Key:** 3775 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫שֶׂב

### Glosses

rams (6); a.young.ram (4); of.a.young.ram (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3775/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3775/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] lamb (transp. from preceding)—כ׳ abs. Lv 3:7 + 5 times; pl. כְּשָׂבִים Gn 30:32 + 6 times;—lamb, as property Gn 30:32, 33, 35, 40 (J); for sacrif. Lv 1:10; 3:7; 4:35; 22:19 Nu 18:17, cf. Lv 22:27; for food Lv 7:23, cf. 17:3 (all P); Dt 14:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֶּשֶׂב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3775/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.4/)

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זֹ֥את הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ שׁ֕וֹר שֵׂ֥ה כְשָׂבִ֖ים וְשֵׂ֥ה עִזִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the animal which you.will.eat an.ox an.animal of.young.rams and an.animal of.goats

*JPS 1917:* These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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[Leviticus 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.3.7/)

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אִם־כֶּ֥שֶׂב הֽוּא־מַקְרִ֖יב אֶת־קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְהִקְרִ֥יב אֹת֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* if a.young.ram he \[is\].presenting (et) present his and he.will.present it before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* If he bring a lamb for his offering, then shall he present it before the LORD.

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