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title: מַרְבִּית — increase · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְבִּית (4768), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: increase. BDB 1906: n.f. increase, great number, greatness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְבִּית

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«מַרְבִּית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **increase** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4768 · **BDB:** מַרְבִּית

### Glosses

increase (1); of.the.greatness (1); part (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

increase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4768/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. increase, great number, greatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4768/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. increase, great number, greatness;—מ׳ abs. Lv 25:37; cstr. 1 S 2:33 + 2 times; sf. מַרְבִּיתָם 1 Ch 12:30 (van d. H. v 29);— increase, concr.: of family 1 S 2:33. increment, interest, usury, Lv 25:37 (H; of food-stuffs, ‖ נֶשֶׁךְ, of money; מ׳ of money Egyptian Aramaic, opp. ראש principal, Cooke North-Sem. Inscr. 404). great number: of people 2 Ch 30:18; c. sf. = the greater part of them, 1 Ch 12:30 (v. supr.). greatness, of wisdom 2 Ch 9:6.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְבִּית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4768/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 25:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.37/)

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אֶ֨ת־כַּסְפְּךָ֔ לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן ל֖וֹ בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְ וּבְמַרְבִּ֖ית לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן אָכְלֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (et) silver your not you.will.give to him for interest and for increase not you.will.give food your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

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[1 Chronicles 12:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.30/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵ֧י בִנְיָמִ֛ן אֲחֵ֥י שָׁא֖וּל שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֑ים וְעַד־הֵ֙נָּה֙ מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם שֹׁמְרִ֕ים מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת בֵּ֥ית שָׁאֽוּל׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.descendants of.Benjamin the.relatives of.Saul three thousand(s) and until now part their.greater \[were\].keeping the.duty of.the.house of.Saul

*JPS 1917:* And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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