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title: קָבַע — rob · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָבַע (6906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: rob. BDB 1906: vb. rob. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָבַע

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«קָבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rob** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6906 · **BDB:** קָבַע

### Glosses

\[are\].robbing (2); \[those (1); have (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6906/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dub., perhaps rob (syn. גזל, so Rabb. (rare), v. De Pr 22:23);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְקָבֵע Pr 22:23, subj. י׳, c. acc. pers. + rei; c. acc. pers. alone 1 pl. בַּמֶּה קְבַעֲנוּךָ Mal 3:8 (obj. י׳); Impf. 3 ms. הֲיִקְבַּע אָדָם אֱלֹהִים v 8; Pt. act. אַתֶּם קֹבְעִים אֹתִי v 8, 9; sf. קֹבְעֵיהֶם Pr 22:23 those robbing them.—In Mal 𝔊 We עָקַב circumvent.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.23/)

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כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) Yahweh he.will.conduct case their and he.will.rob (et) \[those who\].rob.them life

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

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[Malachi 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.3.9/)

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בַּמְּאֵרָה֙ אַתֶּ֣ם נֵֽאָרִ֔ים וְאֹתִ֖י אַתֶּ֣ם קֹבְעִ֑ים הַגּ֖וֹי כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* with (the) curse you \[are\].cursed and me you \[are\].robbing the nation of.it all

*JPS 1917:* Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.

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