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title: לִוְיָה — wreath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לִוְיָה (3880), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wreath. BDB 1906: n.f. wreath. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לִוְיָה

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«לִוְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wreath** — 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:** 3880 · **BDB:** לִוְיָה

### Glosses

\[will.be\].a.wreath (1); a.wreath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wreath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wreath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wreath;—cstr. לִוְיַת חֵן only fig. Pr 1:9 (‖ עֲנָקִים) of instruction of parents, 4:9 (‖ עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת) of work of Wisdom.

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לִוְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.9/)

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תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* she.will.put to head your a.wreath of.grace a.crown of.beauty she will.give.you

*JPS 1917:* She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'

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[Proverbs 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.9/)

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כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[will.be\].a.wreath of.grace they for head your and necklaces for neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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