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title: נֵבֶל — bag · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵבֶל (5035), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: bag. BDB 1906: n.m. skin-bottle, skin jar, pitcher. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵבֶל

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«נֵבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bag** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 5035 · **BDB:** נֵ֫בֶל

### Glosses

jars (4); a.jar (3); jar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bag [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5035/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. skin-bottle, skin jar, pitcher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5035/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 13:12 1. skin-bottle, skin; 2. jar, pitcher;—נֵ֫בֶל abs. 1 S 10:5 +; cstr. v 3 + (on נֶבֶל v. Baer 1 S 1, 24);— skin of wine, נֵ֫בֶל יַיִן 1 S 1:24; 10:3 2 S 16:1, cf. also Je 13:12(×2); pl. נִבְלֵי יַיִן 1 S 25:18: fig. נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם Jb 38:37 i.e. clouds (‖ שְׁחָקִים). earthen jar, pitcher: fig. of connexions of Eliakim כְּלֵי נְבָלִים Is 22:24; נִבְלֵיהֶם יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ Je 48:12 (‖ כֵּלִים יָרִוקוּ) in fig. of Moab (cf. ψ 2:9); נִבְלֵי־חֶרֶשׂ La 4:2 sim. of men of Judah (‖ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֹצֵר); sim. of destruction of Judah, שֵׁבֶר נֵ֫בֶל יוֹצְרִים Is 30:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5035/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.37/)

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מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃

*Word for word:* who? will.he.count \[the\].clouds by wisdom and.\[the\] jars of.heaven who? will.he.make.to.lie.down

*JPS 1917:* Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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[Lamentations 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.2/)

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בְּנֵ֤י צִיּוֹן֙ הַיְקָרִ֔ים הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּפָּ֑ז אֵיכָ֤ה נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ לְנִבְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י יוֹצֵֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* the.children of.Zion (the) precious \[who were\].weighed with.(the) pure gold how! they.are.considered to jars of.earthenware \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.potter

*JPS 1917:* The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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