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title: לוּבִי — Lybians · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּבִי (3864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Lybians. BDB 1906: n.gent.pl. Lybians. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּבִי

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«לוּבִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lybians** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3864 · **BDB:** לוּב

### Glosses

Libyans (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lybians [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.gent.pl. Lybians [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3864/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.gent.pl. Lybians, in N. Africa, W. of Egypt;—Na 3:9 (+ פּוּט), 2 Ch 12:3 (𝔊 Λιβυες; + מִצְרַיִם, סֻכִּיִּים, כּוּשִׁים), 16:8 𝔊 Λιβυες; (+ כּוּשִׁים); לֻבִֿים Dn 11:43 (v. Baer; c. מִצְרַיִם, כֻּשִֿׁים), Theod. Λιβυων; prob. = לְהָבִים (q.v.) Gn 10:13 = 1 Ch 1:11 A 𝔊L Λαβιειμ; read לוּבים perhaps also Je 46:9 (for ℌ לוּדִים, cf. StaJavan 5 f.), 𝔊 Λυδοι (פּוּט ib. = Λιβυες); 𝔊 Sm Co StaJavan 6 Berthol read לוּב Ez 30:5 (for ℌ כּוּב, q.v.) See WMMAs. Eur. 115.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּבִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.9/)

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כּ֥וּשׁ עָצְמָ֛ה וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֵ֣ין קֵ֑צֶה פּ֣וּט וְלוּבִ֔ים הָי֖וּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Cush might \[was\].its and Egypt and there.\[was\].not an.end Put and.\[the\] Libyans they.were (in) help your

*JPS 1917:* Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

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[Daniel 11:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.43/)

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וּמָשַׁ֗ל בְּמִכְמַנֵּי֙ הַזָּהָ֣ב וְהַכֶּ֔סֶף וּבְכֹ֖ל חֲמֻד֣וֹת מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלֻבִ֥ים וְכֻשִׁ֖ים בְּמִצְעָדָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.rule over the.treasures of.(the) gold and (the) silver and over all the.precious.things of.Egypt and Libyans and Cushites \[will be\] in.his.steps

*JPS 1917:* But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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