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title: סֹבֶל — burden · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹבֶל (5448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: burden. BDB 1906: n.m. burden. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹבֶל

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«סֹבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burden** — 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:** 5448 · **BDB:** סֹ֫בֶל

### Glosses

burden (2); its.burden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 10:27 burden (always fig. of burden of tyranny);—only sf. סֻבֳּלוֹ, Is 10:27 (v. reff. on סֻבְּכוֹ, \[סְבֹךְ\]), עֹל ס׳ 9:3; 14:25 (in all conceived as burden resting on shoulders).

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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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.3/)

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כִּ֣י ׀ אֶת־עֹ֣ל סֻבֳּל֗וֹ וְאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה שִׁכְמ֔וֹ שֵׁ֖בֶט הַנֹּגֵ֣שׂ בּ֑וֹ הַחִתֹּ֖תָ כְּי֥וֹם מִדְיָֽן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (et) the.yoke its.burden his and (et) the.staff its.shoulder his the.rod of the.\[one.who\].oppresses (in) it you.will.shatter like the.day of.Midian

*JPS 1917:* For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

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[Isaiah 10:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.27/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יָס֤וּר סֻבֳּלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ וְעֻלּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֣ל צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ וְחֻבַּ֥ל עֹ֖ל מִפְּנֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in the day (the) that it.will.be.removed burden its from on shoulder your and yoke its from on neck your and it.will.be.broken \[the\].yoke because of fatness

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

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