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title: אֱלִישֶׁבַע — Elisheba · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִישֶׁבַע (472), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Elisheba. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִישֶׁבַע

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«אֱלִישֶׁבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elisheba** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 472 · **BDB:** אֱלִישֶׁ֫בַע

### Glosses

Elisheba (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elisheba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/472/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/472/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (God is an oath, by which one swears, cf. Is 19:18 Am 8:14 Zp 1:5) wife of Aaron Ex 6:23; = Ἐλεισαβεθ 𝔊, cf. Lu 1:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלִישֶׁבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/472/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.23/)

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וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת־אֱלִישֶׁ֧בַע בַּת־עַמִּינָדָ֛ב אֲח֥וֹת נַחְשׁ֖וֹן ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֗וֹ אֶת־נָדָב֙ וְאֶת־אֲבִיה֔וּא אֶת־אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאֶת־אִֽיתָמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Aaron (et) Elisheba the.daughter of.Amminadab the.sister of.Nahshon for himself to a.wife and she.bore to him (et) Nadab and (et) Abihu (et) Eleazar and (et) Ithamar

*JPS 1917:* And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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