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title: צְבֹאיִם — Zeboiim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְבֹאיִם (6636), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Zeboiim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְבֹאיִם

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«צְבֹאיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zeboiim** — 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:** 6636 · **BDB:** צְבֹיִים

### Glosses

Zeboiim (3); of.Zeboiim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zeboiim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6636/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6636/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. near Sodom, Gn 14:2, 8; Dt 29:22 = צְבֹיִם Gn 10:19 = צְבֹאִים Ho 11:8 Kt (צְבוֹיִם Qr); Σεβωειμ.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «צְבֹאיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6636/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.2/)

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עָשׂ֣וּ מִלְחָמָ֗ה אֶת־בֶּ֙רַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֔ם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁ֖ע מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֑ה שִׁנְאָ֣ב ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַדְמָ֗ה וְשֶׁמְאֵ֙בֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ צְבוֹיִ֔יםוּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* they.made war with Bera the.king of.Sodom and with Birsha the.king of.Gomorrah Shinab the.king of.Admah and Shemeber the.king of.Zeboiim and the.king of.Bela that \[is\].Zoar

*JPS 1917:* that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela — the same is Zoar.

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[Genesis 10:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.19/)

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וַֽיְהִ֞י גְּב֤וּל הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מִצִּידֹ֔ן בֹּאֲכָ֥ה גְרָ֖רָה עַד־עַזָּ֑ה בֹּאֲכָ֞ה סְדֹ֧מָה וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאַדְמָ֥ה וּצְבֹיִ֖ם עַד־לָֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.border of the.Canaanite\[s\] from Sidon going your towards Gerar to Gaza going your towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim to Lasha

*JPS 1917:* And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.

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