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title: סַבָּל — burden-bearer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַבָּל (5449), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: burden-bearer. BDB 1906: burden-bearer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַבָּל

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«סַבָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burden-bearer** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5449 · **BDB:** סַבָּל

### Glosses

burden-bearer\[s\] (3); burden-bearers (1); the.burden-bearer\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burden-bearer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5449/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

burden-bearer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5449/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] burden-bearer, (late);—only abs. ס׳ coll. Ne 4:4; 2 Ch 2:1, 17; mpl. abs. סַבָּלִים 2 Ch 34:13;—נֹשֵׂא סַבָּל 1 K 5:29 is certainly wrong; 𝔊 αἴροντες ἄρσιν, 𝔙 qui onera portabant, hence prob. נֹשֵׂא סֵ֫בֶל; \> אִישׁ סַבָּל, as ‖ 2 Ch 2:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַבָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5449/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 5:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.29/)

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וַיְהִ֧י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף נֹשֵׂ֣א סַבָּ֑ל וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֹצֵ֥ב בָּהָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to Solomon seventy thousand carrier\[s\] burden-bearer\[s\] and eighty thousand stonemason\[s\] in the.hill country

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

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[Nehemiah 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.4.4/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה כָּשַׁל֙ כֹּ֣חַ הַסַּבָּ֔ל וְהֶעָפָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֑ה וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ לֹ֣א נוּכַ֔ל לִבְנ֖וֹת בַּחוֹמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.said Judah it.has.failed the.strength of the.burden-bearer\[s\] and the debris \[is\].much and we not we.will.be.able to rebuild (on) the wall

*JPS 1917:* And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.'

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