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title: מַרְבֶה — increasing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְבֶה (4766), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: increasing. BDB 1906: abundance increase. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְבֶה

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«מַרְבֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **increasing** — 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:** 4766 · **BDB:** מַרְבֶּה

### Glosses

in.abundance (1); the.increase (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

increasing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4766/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

abundance increase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4766/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] abundance;—abs. מ׳ Is 33:23, as adv., in abundance. increase(?), cstr. לְמַרְבֵּה (sic) 9:6 for the increase of the dominion (take לם as dittogr. of foregoing, and read רַבָּה, 𝔊 Gr Che Kit Buhl Lex Marti; Du לְמַרְבֵּה, in view of following לְשָׁלוֹם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְבֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4766/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.23/)

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נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן־תָּרְנָם֙ בַּל־פָּ֣רְשׂוּ נֵ֔ס אָ֣ז חֻלַּ֤ק עַֽד־שָׁלָל֙ מַרְבֶּ֔ה פִּסְחִ֖ים בָּ֥זְזוּ בַֽז׃

*Word for word:* they.are.loose ropes your not they.make.firm the.base their.mast their not they.have.spread.out \[the\].sail then it.will.be.divided booty of.plunder in.abundance lame.\[people\] they.will.take.as.spoil spoil

*JPS 1917:* Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

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[Isaiah 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.6/)

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לְמַרְבֵּ֨ההַמִּשְׂרָ֜ה וּלְשָׁל֣וֹם אֵֽין־קֵ֗ץ עַל־כִּסֵּ֤א דָוִד֙ וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹ לְהָכִ֤ין אֹתָהּ֙ וּֽלְסַעֲדָ֔הּ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה מֵעַתָּה֙ וְעַד־עוֹלָ֔ם קִנְאַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־זֹּֽאת׃ס

*Word for word:* to the.increase of the.dominion and to peace there.\[will\].not.\[be\] an.end on the.throne of.David and over kingdom his to establish it and to sustain it in justice and in righteousness from now and until perpetuity the.zeal of.Yahweh of.hosts it.will.accomplish this

*JPS 1917:* That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it through justice and through righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.

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