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title: רְאוּבֵנִי — Reubenite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְאוּבֵנִי (7206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Reubenite. BDB 1906: adj. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְאוּבֵנִי

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«רְאוּבֵנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Reubenite** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 7206 · **BDB:** רְאוּבֵנִי

### Glosses

Reubenite\[s\] (15); the.Reubenite\[s\] (2); Reubenite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Reubenite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7206/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. gent. of foreg.; of individ. 1 Ch 11:42a; c. art. as subst. coll. הָרֽאוּבֵנִי Nu 26:7; 34:14 (both P), Jos 13:8 (D; + הַגָּדִי), 2 K 10:33 (+ id. + דַמְנַשִּׁי), 1 Ch 12:38 (van d. H. v 37; + הַגָּדִי + חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה), 26:32 (id.); לָרֽאוּבֵנִי 1 Ch 5:6; 27:16, + וְלַגָּדִי (+ sometimes חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ׳) Dt 3:12, 16; 29:7; Jos 1:12; 12:6; 22:1 (all D), 1 Ch 5:26, cf. Dt 4:43.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «רְאוּבֵנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.42/)

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עֲדִינָ֨א בֶן־שִׁיזָ֜א הָרֽאוּבֵנִ֗י רֹ֛אשׁ לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י וְעָלָ֥יו שְׁלוֹשִֽׁים׃ס

*Word for word:* Adina the.son of.Shiza the Reubenite a.chief of the Reubenite\[s\] and.\[were\] with him thirty.\[warriors\]

*JPS 1917:* Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

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[Joshua 22:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.1/)

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אָ֚ז יִקְרָ֣א יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י וְלַגָּדִ֑י וְלַחֲצִ֖י מַטֵּ֥ה מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* then he.summoned Joshua (to) the Reubenite\[s\] and (to) the Gadite\[s\] and.(to) the half of.the.tribe of.Manasseh

*JPS 1917:* Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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