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title: אֲבִיָּם — Abijam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִיָּם (38), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Abijam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִיָּם

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«אֲבִיָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abijam** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 38 · **BDB:** אֲבִיָּם

### Glosses

Abijam (4); of.Abijam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abijam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/38/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. אֲבִיָּהוּ sub II. אבה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִיָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/38/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.1/)

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וּבִשְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט מָלַ֥ךְ אֲבִיָּ֖ם עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in year eight- teen of the king Jeroboam the.son of.Nebat he.became.king Abijam over Judah

*JPS 1917:* Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

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[1 Kings 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.8/)

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב אֲבִיָּם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.lay.down Abijam with ancestors his and people.buried him in the.city of.David and he.became.king Asa son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

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