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title: לִבְנֶה — poplar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לִבְנֶה (3839), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: poplar. BDB 1906: poplar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לִבְנֶה

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«לִבְנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **poplar** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3839 · **BDB:** לִבְנֶה

### Glosses

of.poplar (1); poplar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

poplar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3839/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

poplar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3839/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] poplar (appar. = Arabic لُبْنَى named from exuding milky (white) gum De Ges al.; Ethiopic ልብን styrax officinalis; but 𝔊 λεύκη, cf. 𝔖 and Löw No. 107);—Gn 30:37 מַקַּל ל׳ לַח וְלוּז וְעַרְמוֹן; as marking places of idolatrous incense-burning תַּחַת אַלּוֹן וְלִבְנֶה וְאֵלָה Ho 4:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לִבְנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3839/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.37/)

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וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב מַקַּ֥ל לִבְנֶ֛ה לַ֖ח וְל֣וּז וְעֶרְמ֑וֹןוַיְפַצֵּ֤ל בָּהֵן֙ פְּצָל֣וֹת לְבָנ֔וֹת מַחְשֹׂף֙ הַלָּבָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמַּקְלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.took for himself Jacob branch\[es\] of.poplar fresh and almond and plane.tree and he.stripped on them strips white the.peeling of the.white.\[wood\] which \[was\].on the branches

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.

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[Hosea 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.4.13/)

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עַל־רָאשֵׁ֨י הֶהָרִ֜ים יְזַבֵּ֗חוּ וְעַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת֙ יְקַטֵּ֔רוּ תַּ֣חַת אַלּ֧וֹן וְלִבְנֶ֛ה וְאֵלָ֖ה כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב צִלָּ֑הּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם תְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃

*Word for word:* on the.tops of the.mountains they.sacrifice and on the hills they.make.smoke under oak and poplar and terebinth (dm) \[is\].good shade its therefore they.prostitute.themselves daughters your and brides your they.commit.adultery

*JPS 1917:* They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and offer upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good; therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

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