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title: שָׁלַב — be bound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלַב (7947), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be bound. BDB 1906: vb. be bound, joined. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלַב

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«שָׁלַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be bound** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7947 · **BDB:** שָׁלַב

### Glosses

joined (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be bound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7947/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be bound, joined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7947/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bound, joined (NH Pu. = BH; שְׁלִיבָה rung of ladder; Aramaic שְׁלִיבִין appar. only 1 K 7:28, 29, ܫܰܠܒܳܐ ravine, narrow path between mountains; Arabic سَلَبَ is seize, carry off, by force);—Pt. fpl. מְשֻׁלָּבֹת Ex 26:17 tenons joined each to (אֶל) its fellow, 36:22 (both P).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7947/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 36:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.36.22/)

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שְׁתֵּ֣י יָדֹ֗ת לַקֶּ֙רֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֶחָ֔ד מְשֻׁלָּבֹ֔ת אַחַ֖ת אֶל־אֶחָ֑ת כֵּ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל קַרְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* two hands \[belonged\].to the frame (the) one joined one to one thus he.did for all the.frames of the.tabernacle

*JPS 1917:* Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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[Exodus 26:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.17/)

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שְׁתֵּ֣י יָד֗וֹת לַקֶּ֙רֶשׁ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד מְשֻׁלָּבֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֑הּ כֵּ֣ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל קַרְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* two hands \[will belong\] to.the.frame (the) one joined each to sister its thus you.will.do for all the.frames of the.tabernacle

*JPS 1917:* Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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