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title: שְׂבָכָה — lattice-work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂבָכָה (7639), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: lattice-work. BDB 1906: n.f. lattice-work, network. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂבָכָה

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«שְׂבָכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lattice-work** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7639 · **BDB:** שְׂבָכָה

### Glosses

network (5); networks (5); a.network (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lattice-work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7639/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lattice-work, network [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7639/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lattice-work, network;—abs. ר׳ 1 K 7:18 +, pl. שְׂבָכוֹת v 41 +, שְׂבָכִים v 17;— prob. window-lattice 2 K 1:2. net-ornament on pillars, 1 K 7:17(×2) (om. 𝔊 Kit Benz), v 18, 20 (crpt., (cf. Kit Benz), v 41, 42(×2) 2 Ch 4:12, 13(×2) 2 K 25:17(×2) ‖ Je 52:22, 23. network, toils, for catching animals (fig.) Jb 18:8 (+ רֶשֶׁת, פַּח, צַמִּים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂבָכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7639/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.8/)

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כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.is.caught in a.net by feet his and on a.network he.walks.about

*JPS 1917:* For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.

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[Jeremiah 52:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.23/)

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔ים תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה ר֑וּחָה כָּל־הָרִמּוֹנִ֥ים מֵאָ֛ה עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the pomegranates ninety and six side to.\[the\] all the pomegranates \[were\].one.hundred on the network all.around

*JPS 1917:* And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

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