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title: עָבוֹת — interwoven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָבוֹת (5687), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: interwoven. BDB 1906: adj. interwoven leafy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָבוֹת

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«עָבוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interwoven** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5687 · **BDB:** עָבוֹת²

### Glosses

leafy (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interwoven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5687/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. interwoven leafy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5687/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. having interwoven foliage, leafy;—עֵץ עָבוֹת leafy trees Ez 20:28; Ne 8:15; עֵץ עָבֹת Lv 23:40 (H); f. אֵלָה עֲבֻתָּה Ez 6:13 a leafy terebinth.—עָבוֹת 2 S 23:4 ψ 77:18 v. ii. עָב sub עוּב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָבוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5687/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 23:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.40/)

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וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פְּרִ֨י עֵ֤ץ הָדָר֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת תְּמָרִ֔ים וַעֲנַ֥ף עֵץ־עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take for yourselves on the day (the) first fruit of.tree\[s\] of.splendor branches of.palm.trees and branch\[es\] of.tree\[s\] leafy and poplars of.a.wadi and you.will.rejoice before Yahweh God your seven days

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

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[Nehemiah 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.15/)

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וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יַשְׁמִ֗יעוּ וְיַעֲבִ֨ירוּ ק֥וֹל בְּכָל־עָרֵיהֶם֮ וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לֵאמֹר֒ צְא֣וּ הָהָ֗ר וְהָבִ֙יאוּ֙ עֲלֵי־זַ֙יִת֙ וַעֲלֵי־עֵ֣ץ שֶׁ֔מֶן וַעֲלֵ֤י הֲדַס֙ וַעֲלֵ֣י תְמָרִ֔ים וַעֲלֵ֖י עֵ֣ץ עָבֹ֑ת לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת סֻכֹּ֖ת כַּכָּתֽוּב׃פ

*Word for word:* and (cmp) they.will.make.proclamation and they.will.cause.to.pass a.proclamation in all cities their and in Jerusalem (cmp) go.out the.hill country and bring leaves of.olive and leaves of.tree\[s\] of.oil and leaves of.myrtle.tree\[s\] and leaves of.palm.trees and leaves of.tree\[s\] leafy to make booths according to \[what.is\].written

*JPS 1917:* and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: 'Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.'

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