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title: נְבָיוֹת — Nebaioth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְבָיוֹת (5032), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Nebaioth. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְבָיוֹת

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«נְבָיוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nebaioth** — 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:** 5032 · **BDB:** נְבָיוֹת

### Glosses

of.Nebaioth (3); Nebaioth (1); \[was\].Nebaioth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nebaioth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5032/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5032/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. (Nab. נבטו = Nabataean and Nabataeans, EutNab 1, 4 and often, cf. נבט of Jewish trad. NöZMG xxv. 1871, 124, נבט 𝔗 Is 60:7 (on form of name, and on ט = ת cf. LagBN 51 f.); in Assyrian Nabaitai, etc., SchrCOT Gn 25:13;KGF 99 ff. DlPar 296 f.);—as (eldest) son of Ishmael (brother of Kedar) Gn 25:13; 28:9; 36:3 (all P), 1 Ch 1:29; people (‖ Kedar) Is 60:7, cf. Nabataei + Cedrei PlinNH v. 11, 65; 𝔊 Ναβαιωθ; Gk. Ναβαταῖοι.—See further NöZMG xxv. 1871, 122f. EutNab p. 78 GASmGeogr. 547–629 pass.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְבָיוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5032/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.3/)

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וְאֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל אֲח֥וֹת נְבָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Basemath the.daughter of.Ishmael the.sister of.Nebaioth

*JPS 1917:* and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

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[1 Chronicles 1:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.29/)

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אֵ֖לֶּה תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑ם בְּכ֤וֹר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָי֔וֹת וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃

*Word for word:* these generations \[were\].their the.firstborn of.Ishmael \[was\].Nebaioth and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

*JPS 1917:* These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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