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title: שֶׁבְנָא — Shebna · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁבְנָא (7644), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Shebna. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁבְנָא

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«שֶׁבְנָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shebna** — 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:** 7644 · **BDB:** שֶׁבְנָא

### Glosses

Shebna (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shebna [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7644/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7644/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. secretary and major-domo of Hezekiah; -נָא Is 22:15, 36:22; 37:2 = 2 K 18:37; 19:2; Is 36:3, 11 = -נָה 2 K 18:18, 26.—Σομνας.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁבְנָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7644/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.15/)

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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָא֑וֹת לֶךְ־בֹּא֙ אֶל־הַסֹּכֵ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־שֶׁבְנָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh of.hosts come go to the steward (the) this to Shebna who \[is\].over the house

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: Go, get thee unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house:

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[Isaiah 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.36.3/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵלָ֛יו אֶלְיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וְשֶׁבְנָא֙ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְיוֹאָ֥ח בֶּן־אָסָ֖ף הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out to him Eliakim the.son of.Hilkiah who \[was\].over the house and Shebna the secretary and Joah the.son of.Asaph the recorder

*JPS 1917:* Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

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