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title: עוֹבֵד — Obed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוֹבֵד (5744), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Obed. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוֹבֵד

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«עוֹבֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Obed** — 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:** 5744 · **BDB:** עוֹבֵד

### Glosses

Obed (9); of.Obed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Obed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5744/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5744/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (worshipper; cf. Sab. עבד Os22 and DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14;— son of Boaz and Ruth Ru 4:17, v 21 = 1 Ch 2:12; Ru 4:22 (only here עֹבֵד) = 1 Ch 2:12, 𝔖 Ωβηδ. names in Judah, 𝔊 Ωβηδ: 1 Ch 2:37, 38. 2 Ch 23:1.) a mighty man of David 1 Ch 11:47, 𝔊 Ιωβηθ, A Ιωβηδ. a doorkeeper 1 Ch 26:7, 𝔊 Ωβηδ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוֹבֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5744/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.47/)

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אֱלִיאֵ֣ל וְעוֹבֵ֔ד וְיַעֲשִׂיאֵ֖ל הַמְּצֹבָיָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite

*JPS 1917:* Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

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[Ruth 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.21/)

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וְשַׂלְמוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־בֹּ֔עַז וּבֹ֖עַז הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־עוֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and Salmon he.fathered (et) Boaz and Boaz he.fathered (et) Obed

*JPS 1917:* and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

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