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title: סְבַךְ — thicket · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְבַךְ (5442), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5442 · **BDB:** סְבַךְ

### Glosses

the.thickets (1); thicket (1); thickets (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5442/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5442/#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, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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/1505/5442/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.34/)

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וְנִקַּ֛ף סִֽבְכֵ֥י הַיַּ֖עַר בַּבַּרְזֶ֑ל וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹן בְּאַדִּ֥יר יִפּֽוֹל׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.cut.down the.thickets of the.forest with.(the) iron \[axe\] and the.(the) Lebanon by a.mighty.\[one\] it.will.fall

*JPS 1917:* And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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[Isaiah 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.17/)

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כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֤ה כָאֵשׁ֙ רִשְׁעָ֔ה שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תֹּאכֵ֑ל וַתִּצַּת֙ בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י הַיַּ֔עַר וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ גֵּא֥וּת עָשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.has.burned like (the) fire wickedness thorn\[s\] and bush\[es\] it.consumes and it.has.kindled (in).the thickets of the.forest and they.have.swirled a.rising.up of.smoke

*JPS 1917:* For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.

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