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title: עֵיבָל — Ebal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיבָל (5858), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ebal. BDB 1906: pr. mont. Ebal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיבָל

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«עֵיבָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ebal** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5858 · **BDB:** עֵיבָל³

### Glosses

of.Ebal (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ebal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5858/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. mont. Ebal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5858/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. mont. Ebal, the mt. of cursing, N. of Shechem (Nabulus), and opp. Mt. Gerizim (mt. of blessing, S. of Shechem), Dt 11:29, also Jos 8:30, 33 (D); 𝔊 Γαιβαλ (connex. with above √ dub.; on בל = Bēl, cf. GrayProp. N. 124 n., and reff.);—on Ebal v. RobBR ii. 275 ff. GASmGeogr. Ch. vi. Di Dt 11:29 Drib. BdPal. (1898), 257.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵיבָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5858/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 8:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.30/)

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אָ֣ז יִבְנֶ֤ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּהַ֖ר עֵיבָֽל׃

*Word for word:* then he.built Joshua an.altar to Yahweh the.God of.Israel on the.mountain of.Ebal

*JPS 1917:* Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

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[Deuteronomy 27:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.13/)

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וְאֵ֛לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֥וּ עַל־הַקְּלָלָ֖ה בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל רְאוּבֵן֙ גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֔ר וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and these.\[tribes\] they.will.stand on the curse on the.mountain of.Ebal Reuben Gad and Asher and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali

*JPS 1917:* and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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