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title: שְׁבוֹ — agate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁבוֹ (7618), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: agate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבוֹ

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«שְׁבוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **agate** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7618 · **BDB:** שְׁבוֹ

### Glosses

an.agate (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

agate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7618/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] a precious stone (relation to above √ dub.; = Assyrian šubû; 𝔊 𝔙 agate);—Ex 28:19 = 39:12 (+ לֶשֶׁם, אַחְלָ֑מָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7618/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.19/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) third \[will.be\].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

*JPS 1917:* and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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[Exodus 39:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.12/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) third \[was\].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

*JPS 1917:* And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

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