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title: אַרְגֹּב — Argob · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְגֹּב (709), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Argob. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְגֹּב

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«אַרְגֹּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Argob** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 709 · **BDB:** אַרְגֹּב²

### Glosses

of.Argob (3); Argob (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Argob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/709/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/709/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. loc. (heap, or region of clods; ‘glebe’ GASm G 551);—always חֶבֶל א׳ Dt 3:4, 14; 1 K 4:13, ח׳ הָא׳ Dt 3:13, = measured region of Argōb; some well-defined district of Bashan (appar. identif. with חַוֹּת יָאִיר Dt 3:14 \[where ח׳ י׳ in Bashan, so Jos 13:30\], but this a harmonistic correction; ח׳ י׳ in fact in Gilead \[Nu 32:41 Ju 10:4\], and disting. from אַרְגֹּב 1 K 4:13 cf. Dt 3:13); exact loc. dubious, GASml.c. and especially Dr Dt 3:4; BuhlGeogr. 18 thinks of Ṣuwet, S. of Upper Yarmuk, a border district between Bashan and Gilead.—Αργοβ; 1 K 4:13 Ερεβαταμ, 𝔊L Ραγαβαν, A Εργαβ. m. 2 K 15:25, Αργοβ; dub.; v. Klo Kit Benz Bur.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: 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 «אַרְגֹּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/709/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.13/)

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וְיֶ֨תֶר הַגִּלְעָ֤ד וְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן֙ מַמְלֶ֣כֶת ע֔וֹג נָתַ֕תִּי לַחֲצִ֖י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה כֹּ֣ל חֶ֤בֶל הָֽאַרְגֹּב֙ לְכָל־הַבָּשָׁ֔ן הַה֥וּא יִקָּרֵ֖א אֶ֥רֶץ רְפָאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and the.remainder of.(the) Gilead and all (the) Bashan the.kingdom of.Og I.gave to the.half of.the.tribe of.(the) Manasseh all the.region of.(the) Argob to all (the) Bashan (the) it it.was.called the.land of.\[the\].Rephaites

*JPS 1917:* and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob — all that Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.

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[Deuteronomy 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.4/)

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וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־כָּל־עָרָיו֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לֹ֤א הָֽיְתָה֙ קִרְיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־לָקַ֖חְנוּ מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם שִׁשִּׁ֥ים עִיר֙ כָּל־חֶ֣בֶל אַרְגֹּ֔ב מַמְלֶ֥כֶת ע֖וֹג בַּבָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* and we.captured (et) all cities his at the time (the) that not it.was a.town which not we.took from with them sixty citi\[es\] all the.region of.Argob the.kingdom of.Og in (the) Bashan

*JPS 1917:* And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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