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title: סַנְבַלַּט — Sanballat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַנְבַלַּט (5571), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Sanballat. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַנְבַלַּט

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«סַנְבַלַּט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sanballat** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 5571 · **BDB:** סַנְבַּלַּט

### Glosses

Sanballat (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sanballat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5571/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5571/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (so Baer; van d. H. Ginsb סַנְבַלַּט) n.pr.m. leader of Samaritan opponents of Nehemiah: Ne 2:10, 19; 3:33; 4:1; 6:1, 2, 5, 12, 14; 13:28; (Bab., = Sin-uballiṭ, Sin gave life SchrCOT Ne 2:10).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַנְבַלַּט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5571/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.5/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת־נַעֲר֑וֹ וְאִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent to me Sanballat according to the.manner (the) this a.time fifth (et) servant his and a.letter open \[was\].in hand his

*JPS 1917:* Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

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[Nehemiah 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.12/)

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וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and I recognized and there! not God he had.sent.him (dm) the prophecy he.had.spoken on me and Tobiah and Sanballat he had.hired.him

*JPS 1917:* And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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