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title: אַשְׁבֵּל — Ashbel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁבֵּל (788), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ashbel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁבֵּל

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«אַשְׁבֵּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ashbel** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 788 · **BDB:** אַשְׁבֵּל

### Glosses

Ashbel (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ashbel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/788/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/788/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (= אַשְׁבְּאֵל? so Thes; more likely אֶשְׁבַּעַל) 2nd son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 (𝔊 Ἀσβηλ) Nu 26:38 (𝔊 Ἀσυβηρ) 1 Ch 8:1 (𝔊 B Σαβα, A \& 𝔊L Ἀσβηλ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁבֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/788/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.1/)

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וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן הוֹלִ֖יד אֶת־בֶּ֣לַע בְּכֹר֑וֹ אַשְׁבֵּל֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וְאַחְרַ֖ח הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* and Benjamin he.fathered (et) Bela firstborn his Ashbel the second and Ahrah the third

*JPS 1917:* And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third;

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[Genesis 46:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.21/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֗ן בֶּ֤לַע וָבֶ֙כֶר֙ וְאַשְׁבֵּ֔ל גֵּרָ֥א וְנַעֲמָ֖ן אֵחִ֣י וָרֹ֑אשׁ מֻפִּ֥ים וְחֻפִּ֖ים וָאָֽרְדְּ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Benjamin Bela and Beker and Ashbel Gera and Naaman Ehi and Rosh Muppim and Huppim and Ard

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

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