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title: עַזְבּוּק — Azbuk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַזְבּוּק (5802), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Azbuk. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַזְבּוּק

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«עַזְבּוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azbuk** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5802 · **BDB:** עַזְבּוּק²

### Glosses

of.Azbuk (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azbuk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5802/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5802/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of one Nehemiah, a wall-builder Ne 3:16, Αζαβουχ, 𝔊L Εζδουκ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «עַזְבּוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5802/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.16/)

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אַחֲרָ֤יו הֶחֱזִיק֙ נְחֶמְיָ֣ה בֶן־עַזְבּ֔וּק שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֣לֶךְ בֵּֽית־צ֑וּרבֵּֽית־צ֑וּר עַד־נֶ֙גֶד֙ קִבְרֵ֣י דָוִ֔יד וְעַד־הַבְּרֵכָה֙ הָעֲשׂוּיָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד בֵּ֥ית הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* after him he.repaired Nehemiah the.son of.Azbuk the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of Beth.Zur to before the.tombs of.David and to the pool (the) made and to the.house of the.mighty.\[men\]

*JPS 1917:* After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.

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