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title: קָבַל — receive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָבַל (6901), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: receive. BDB 1906: vb. receive, take. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָבַל

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«קָבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **receive** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 6901 · **BDB:** קָבַל

### Glosses

they.took (2); will.we.accept? (2); \[were\].opposite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

receive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6901/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. receive, take [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6901/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. receive, take (late) (Aramaic loan-word (and in Aramaic denom.) Gerber 32, cf. Aramaic (לִ)קְבֵיל in front, ܡܶܢ ܩܒܘܿܠ opposite, Biblical Aramaic לֳקֳבֵל before, Old Aramaic Palm. לקבל over against, Nab. id., in view of; also Sab. לקבל in view of CISiv, No. 79, 11. 2. 4. 5. 8, Assyrian ḳablu, encounter; verbs are: Sab. קבל accept, DHMZMG xxix (1875), 615; xxx (1876), 672; Arabic قِبَلَ be in front, opposite, قَبَلَ accept, admit; Ethiopic ቀበለ:; especially iii. 2, go to meet, accept; NH קָבַל accuse, Pi. = BH; Aramaic קַבֵּל, ܩܰܒܶܠ receive);—Pf. 3 ms. קִבֵּל Est 4:4 + (9:27 Qr קִבְּלוּ); 3 pl. קִבְּלוּ Ezr 8:30; Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְקַבְּלֵם 1 Ch 12:19 (v 18 van d. H.); 3 mpl. וַיְקַבְּלוּ 2 Ch 29:16, 22; 1 pl. נְקַבֵּל Jb 2:10(×2) Imv. ms. קַבֵּל Pr 19:20, קַבֶּל־ 1 Ch 21:11;— take, c. acc. rei 2 Ch 29:22; Ezr 8:30; acc. om. 2 Ch 29:16, + ל reflex. = choose 1 Ch 21:11; receive, c. acc. pers. 12:19 (van d. H. v 18). accept, c. acc. rei Jb 2:10(×2); ק׳ מוּסָר Pr 19:20; acc. om. Est 4:4. accept, assume, an obligation, sq. cl., Est 9:23, sq. inf. v 27 (+ עַל reflex.). Pt. fpl. מַקְבִּילֹת shew oppositeness, i.e. correspond, one to (אֶל) another Ex 26:5; 36:12 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6901/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.20/)

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שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* listen.to counsel and accept correction so.that you.may.become.wise in end your

*JPS 1917:* Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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[1 Chronicles 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.11/)

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וַיָּ֥בֹא גָ֖ד אֶל־דָּוִ֑יד וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֛וֹ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה קַבֶּל־לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Gad to David and he.said to him thus he.says Yahweh take for yourself

*JPS 1917:* So Gad came to David, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Take which thou wilt:

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