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title: סַנְחֵרִיב — Sennacherib · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַנְחֵרִיב (5576), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Sennacherib. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Sennacherib. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַנְחֵרִיב

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«סַנְחֵרִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sennacherib** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 5576 · **BDB:** סַנְחֵרִיב

### Glosses

Sennacherib (10); of.Sennacherib (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sennacherib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5576/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Sennacherib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5576/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Sennacherib (= Sinaḫê-irba, Sin multiplied brothers, SchrCOT 2 K 18:13);—son of Sargon and father of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (b. c. 705–681; cf. TieleGesch. 285 ff.); 2 K 18:13; 19:16, 20, 36 = Is 36:1; 37:17, 21, 37; 2 Ch 32:1, 2, 9, 10, 22 (all as above, except סַנְחֵרִב 2 K 19:20); 𝔊 Σενναχηρειμ, 𝔊L Σενναχειρειμ; Σεναχήριβος JosAnt. x. 1 ff.; Σαναχάρβον (acc.) Herodot.ii. 141.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַנְחֵרִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5576/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 19:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.36/)

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וַיִּסַּ֣ע וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֖שָׁב סַנְחֵרִ֣יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.set.out and he.went and he.returned Sennacherib the.king of.Assyria and he.remained in Nineveh

*JPS 1917:* So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

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[Isaiah 37:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.37/)

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וַיִּסַּ֣ע וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֖שָׁב סַנְחֵרִ֣יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.set.out and he.went and he.returned Sennacherib the.king of.Assyria and he.remained in Nineveh

*JPS 1917:* So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

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