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title: צִבְיָה — Zibiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִבְיָה (6645), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Zibiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִבְיָה

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«צִבְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zibiah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6645 · **BDB:** צִבְיָה

### Glosses

\[was\].Zibiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zibiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6645/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6645/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (= צְבִיָּה gazelle, cf. Sta§ 192 b);—mother of Jehoash of Judah 2 K 12:2, Αβια = 2 Ch 24:1, Αβια, 𝔊L Σαβια.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִבְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6645/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.2/)

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בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֤בַע לְיֵהוּא֙ מָלַ֣ךְ יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִבְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃

*Word for word:* in year seven of Jehu he.became.king Jehoash and forty year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Zibiah from Beer Sheba

*JPS 1917:* In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

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[2 Chronicles 24:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.1/)

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בֶּן־שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ יֹאָ֣שׁ בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִבְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.seven years Joash when he became.king and forty year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Zibiah from Beer Sheba

*JPS 1917:* Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

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