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title: לָבַט — thrust down · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָבַט (3832), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: thrust down. BDB 1906: vb. thrust down, out, or away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָבַט

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«לָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thrust down** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3832 · **BDB:** לָבַט

### Glosses

he.will.be.ruined (2); it.will.be.ruined (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thrust down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3832/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. thrust down, out, or away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3832/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. thrust down, out, or away (NH id.; Arabic لَبَطَ strike the ground with a person, i.e. throw one down; Syriac Pa. ܠܰܒܶܛ incitavit, stimulavit);—only Impf. be thrust down, away, i.e. ruined; עָם לֹא יָבִין יִלָּבֵט Ho 4:14; אֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵט Pr 10:8, 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3832/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.8/)

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חֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.\[person\].wise of.heart he.accepts commandments and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

*JPS 1917:* The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

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[Proverbs 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.10/)

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קֹ֣רֵֽץעַ֭יִן יִתֵּ֣ן עַצָּ֑בֶת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].winks an.eye he.gives sorrow and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

*JPS 1917:* He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.

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