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title: עָב — projecting roof · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָב (5646), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: projecting roof. BDB 1906: n.m. projecting roof landing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָב

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«עָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **projecting roof** — 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:** 5646 · **BDB:** עָב

### Glosses

a.canopy (2); canopies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

projecting roof [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5646/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. projecting roof landing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5646/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[עֹב\] n.m. archit. term, meaning unknown; projecting roof is conjectured (Sm Co Berthol); others landing (Da); AV RV thick beam or plank, RVm threshold; Benz Kit Toy leave untranslated; in any case a structure of wood;—abs. וְעַסֻּדִים וְעָב 1 K 7:6; appar. cstr. וְעָב עֵץ אֶל־פְּנֵי הָאוּלָם מֵהַחוּץ Ez 41:25; pl. (si vera l.) הָעֻבִּים v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5646/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 41:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.41.26/)

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וְחַלּוֹנִ֨ים אֲטֻמ֤וֹת וְתִֽמֹרִים֙ מִפּ֣וֹ וּמִפּ֔וֹ אֶל־כִּתְפ֖וֹת הָֽאוּלָ֑ם וְצַלְע֥וֹת הַבַּ֖יִת וְהָעֻבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and windows closed and palm.trees from here and from here to the.sides of the.porch and the.side-chambers of the.house and the canopies

*JPS 1917:* And there were narrow windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch; there were also the brackets of the house, and the thick beams.

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[1 Kings 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.6/)

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וְאֵ֨ת אוּלָ֤ם הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ עָשָׂ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה רָחְבּ֑וֹ וְאוּלָם֙ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְעַמֻּדִ֥ים וְעָ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.porch of the.pillars he.made \[was\].fifty cubit\[s\] length its and.\[was\] thirty cubit\[s\] breadth its and a.porch \[was\].on face their and pillars and a.canopy \[were\].on face their

*JPS 1917:* And he made the porch of pillars: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and thick beams before them.

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