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title: לִבְנִי — Libni · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לִבְנִי (3845), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Libni. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לִבְנִי

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«לִבְנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Libni** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3845 · **BDB:** לִבְנִי

### Glosses

Libni (4); \[were\].Libni (1); the.Libnite\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Libni [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3845/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3845/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Levite, son of Gershom, Ex 6:17; Nu 3:18; 1 Ch 6:2, 5, 14 (𝔊 Λοβεν\[ε\]ι).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לִבְנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3845/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.17/)

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בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֛וֹן לִבְנִ֥י וְשִׁמְעִ֖י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Gershon \[were\].Libni and Shimei to clans their

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

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[1 Chronicles 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.2/)

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וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם לִבְנִ֥י וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.names of.the.sons of.Gershom Libni and Shimei

*JPS 1917:* And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei.

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