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title: שׁוֹבָל — Shobal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוֹבָל (7732), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Shobal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוֹבָל

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«שׁוֹבָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shobal** — 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:** 7732 · **BDB:** שׁוֹבָל

### Glosses

Shobal (5); of.Shobal (3); \[was\].Shobal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shobal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7732/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7732/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Edomite name Gn 36:20, 23, 29 = 1 Ch 1:38, 40. in Caleb 1 Ch 2:50, 52. in Judah 1 Ch 4:1, 2.—Σαβα(λ), Σουβαλ.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוֹבָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7732/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.1/)

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בְּנֵ֖י יְהוּדָ֑ה פֶּ֧רֶץ חֶצְר֛וֹן וְכַרְמִ֖י וְח֥וּר וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Judah \[were\].Perez Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

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[Genesis 36:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.23/)

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְוָ֥ן וּמָנַ֖חַת וְעֵיבָ֑ל שְׁפ֖וֹ וְאוֹנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.sons of.Shobal Alvan and Manahath and Ebal Shepho and Onam

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

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