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title: סְבַךְ — thicket · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְבַךְ (5441), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thicket. BDB 1906: thicket. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְבַךְ

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«סְבַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thicket** — 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:** 5441 · **BDB:** סְבַךְ

### Glosses

a.thicket (1); thicket (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5441/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5441/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thicket;—abs. בַּסְּבַךְ (נֶאֱחַז) Gn 22:13 (so Ginsb; Baer בַּסֲבַךְ, van d. H. בַּסְּבָךְ) a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; pl. cstr. סִֽבְכֵי הַיַּעַר Is 9:17 thickets of the forest, 10:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְבַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5441/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 74:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.5/)

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יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* it.was.known like \[one.who\].brings (to) upwards in a.thicket of.tree\[s\] axes

*JPS 1917:* It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

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[Jeremiah 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.7/)

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עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* it.has.gone.up a.lion from thicket its and a.destroyer of.nations he.has.set.out he.has.gone.out from place his to make land your into a.waste cities your they.will.fall.in.ruins from not an.inhabitant

*JPS 1917:* A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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