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title: סֵבֶל — load · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֵבֶל (5447), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: load. BDB 1906: load, burden. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֵבֶל

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«סֵבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **load** — 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:** 5447 · **BDB:** סֵ֫בֶל

### Glosses

a.burden (1); burden (1); the.forced.labor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

load [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5447/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

load, burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5447/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] load, burden;—abs. Ne 4:11 ψ 81:7 (enforced burden); cstr. id., = burdensome labour (of corvée) 1 K 11:28.—Vid. also סַבָּל.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֵבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5447/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 81:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.7/)

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הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּ֝פָּ֗יו מִדּ֥וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃

*Word for word:* I.removed from a.burden shoulder his palms his from a.basket they.passed.away

*JPS 1917:* 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

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[1 Kings 11:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.28/)

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וְהָאִ֥ישׁ יָרָבְעָ֖ם גִּבּ֣וֹר חָ֑יִל וַיַּ֨רְא שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־הַנַּ֗עַר כִּֽי־עֹשֵׂ֤ה מְלָאכָה֙ ה֔וּא וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד אֹת֔וֹ לְכָל־סֵ֖בֶל בֵּ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃ס

*Word for word:* and the man Jeroboam \[was\].a.mighty.\[man\] of.strength and he.saw Solomon (et) the.young man (dm).that \[was\].doing (of).work he and he.appointed him to all the.forced.labor of.the.house of.Joseph

*JPS 1917:* And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labour of the house of Joseph.

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