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title: שָׁלָב — be bound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלָב (7948), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be bound. BDB 1906: pl. joinings. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלָב

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«שָׁלָב» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7948 · **BDB:** שְׁלַבִּים

### Glosses

bars (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be bound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7948/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. joinings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7948/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pl. joinings of bases (𝔙 juncturae);—בֵּין הַשׁ׳ 1 K 7:28, 29, עַל־הַשְּׁ׳ v 29; AV RV ledges, ribs (Kit) or frames (Benz), joining or binding the parts together.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7948/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.28/)

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וְזֶ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין הַשְׁלַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and this \[was\].the.work of the.stand rims \[belonged\].to them and rims \[were\].between the.cross bars

*JPS 1917:* And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;

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[1 Kings 7:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.29/)

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וְעַֽל־הַמִּסְגְּר֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ בֵּ֣ין הַשְׁלַבִּ֗ים אֲרָי֤וֹת ׀ בָּקָר֙ וּכְרוּבִ֔ים וְעַל־הַשְׁלַבִּ֖ים כֵּ֣ן מִמָּ֑עַל וּמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַאֲרָי֣וֹת וְלַבָּקָ֔ר לֹי֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה מוֹרָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the rims which \[were\].between the.cross bars lions ox\[en\] and cherubim and.\[was\] on the.cross bars a.base from above and.\[were\] from under to the.lions and to the ox\[en\] wreaths \[the\].work of.descent

*JPS 1917:* and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

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