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title: אַבְנֵט — girdle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְנֵט (73), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: girdle. BDB 1906: girdle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְנֵט

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«אַבְנֵט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **girdle** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 73 · **BDB:** אַבְנֵט²

### Glosses

a.sash (5); sash (3); sashes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girdle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/73/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

girdle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/73/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] girdle—א׳ abs. Ex 28:4 +; אַבְנֵֽטְךָ֨ Is 22:21; cstr. Ex 39:29; אַבְנֵטִים Ex 28:40;—girdle, of high priest Ex 28:4, 39; 39:29 Lv 8:7; 16:4; of priests Ex 28:40; 29:9 Lv 8:13 (all P); of high official Is 22:21.—Josephusiii. 7. 2 ἀβανήθ; cf. further LagGes. Abh. 39. described JosAnt. iii. 7, 2 as a sash wound round breast several times and falling to the feet; in 𝔗 𝔖 הֶמְיָן (Pers.) a money-bag wound round body StaThLZ, 1894, 236.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְנֵט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/73/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/)

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וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make \[the\].work of.a.worker.in.colors

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

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[Exodus 28:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.40/)

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וְלִבְנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה כֻתֳּנֹ֔ת וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם אַבְנֵטִ֑ים וּמִגְבָּעוֹת֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם לְכָב֖וֹד וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and for the.sons of.Aaron you.will.make tunics and you.will.make for them sashes and headdresses you.will.make for them for glory and for beauty

*JPS 1917:* And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for splendour and for beauty.

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