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title: סִבְלֹות — ear of wheat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִבְלֹות (5450), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: ear of wheat. BDB 1906: n.f. burden. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִבְלֹות

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«סִבְלֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ear of wheat** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5450 · **BDB:** סִבְלָה

### Glosses

their.forced (3); the.forced.labor (2); your.forced (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ear of wheat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5450/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5450/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. burden;—pl. cstr. סִבְלֹת מִצְרַיִם Ex 6:6 (P), of the heavy labours imposed on Isr. by Egyptian, v 7; sf. סִבְלֹתֵיכֶם 5:4 (J), סִבְלֹתָם 1:11; 5:5 (both J), 2:11 (E); (cf. ψ 81:7, סֵבֶל).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִבְלֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5450/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.5/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה הֵן־רַבִּ֥ים עַתָּ֖ה עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם מִסִּבְלֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Pharaoh here! \[is\].many now the.people of the.land and you.have.caused.to.cease them from their.forced labor

*JPS 1917:* And Pharaoh said: 'Behold, the people of the land are now many, and will ye make them rest from their burdens?'

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[Exodus 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.4/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָ֚מָּה מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו לְכ֖וּ לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them the.king of.Egypt why? O.Moses and Aaron are.you.causing.to.refrain (et) the people from work(s) its go to your.forced labor

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Egypt said unto them: 'Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.'

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