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title: שִׁבֹּלֶת — ear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁבֹּלֶת (7641), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: ear. BDB 1906: n.f. ear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁבֹּלֶת

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«שִׁבֹּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ear** — 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:** 7641 · **BDB:** שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת²

### Glosses

of.grain (7); ears.of.grain (6); Shibboleth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7641/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7641/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ear of grain;—שׁ׳ abs. Jb 24:24 +; pl. שִׁבֳּלִים Gn 41:5 +, cstr. שִׁבֳּלֵי Zc 4:12;—ear, Gn 41:5, 6, 7(×2), 22, 23, 24(×2), 26, 27; Is 17:5(×2); Ru 2:2; Jb 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zc 4:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁבֹּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7641/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.6/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים דַּקּ֖וֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain thin and scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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[Genesis 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.23/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain withered thin scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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