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title: רְעָבוֹן — hunger · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְעָבוֹן (7459), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hunger. BDB 1906: hunger, lack of food, famine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְעָבוֹן

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«רְעָבוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hunger** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7459 · **BDB:** רְעָבוֹן

### Glosses

of.famine (1); of.the.hunger (1); the.hunger (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hunger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7459/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hunger, lack of food, famine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7459/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hunger, lack of food, famine;—cstr. רַעֲבוֹן בָּֽתֵּיכֶם Gn 42:19, 33 (E); abs. בִּימֵי רְעָבוֹן ψ 37:19.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְעָבוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7459/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.19/)

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לֹֽא־יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ בְּעֵ֣ת רָעָ֑ה וּבִימֵ֖י רְעָב֣וֹן יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* not they.will.be.ashamed in a.time of.evil and in days of.famine they.will.be.satisfied

*JPS 1917:* They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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[Genesis 42:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.19/)

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אִם־כֵּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם אֲחִיכֶ֣ם אֶחָ֔ד יֵאָסֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם וְאַתֶּם֙ לְכ֣וּ הָבִ֔יאוּ שֶׁ֖בֶר רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* if \[are\].honest you brother your one let.him.be.imprisoned in the.house your.custody your and you go take the.grain of.the.hunger your.households your

*JPS 1917:* if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;

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