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title: תָּבוֹר — Tabor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּבוֹר (8396), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Tabor. BDB 1906: n.pr. mont. loc. arbor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּבוֹר

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«תָּבוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tabor** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 8396 · **BDB:** תָּבוֹר

### Glosses

Tabor (6); of.Tabor (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tabor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8396/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. mont. loc. arbor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8396/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. mont. NE. edge of Great Plain, SW. of Sea of Galilee, on border of Issachar, Zeb. and Napht., mod. Jebel eṭ-Ṭûr; cf. Rel.Pal. 331ff. BurckhardtTravels, 332ff. RobBR iii. 340f. BädPal. Index, s.v. BuhlGeogr. 108 GACookeEncy. Bib., s.v.;—הַר(־)ת׳ Ju 4:6, 12, 14; ת׳ alone Ho 5:1; Je 46:18; Jos 19:22, 34 (P), ψ 89:13 (+ חֶרְמוֹן); 𝔊 Θαβωρ (so Euseb Onom.), but Ho Je Ιταβυριον, and so JosAnt. v, 1, 22 \[84\], BJ iv. 1, 8 \[54\], etc. (other Gk. forms v. Cookel.c.). loc. Ju 8:18 (too far away to be = 1 Be al.), GFM conj. טַבּוּר (9:37), Bu תֵּבֵץ (9:50); 𝔊 Θαβωρ. loc. Levit. city in Zebulun 1 Ch 6:62; appar. = כְּסֻלֹּת ת׳ Jos 19:12, and perhaps ת׳ v 22 (in Issachar), 𝔊 Θαχχεια, A 𝔊L Θαβωρ. arbor. in אֵלוֹן ת׳ 1 S 10:3, near Bethel; 𝔊 Θαβωρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «תָּבוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8396/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.12/)

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וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י עָלָ֛ה בָּרָ֥ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֖עַם הַר־תָּבֽוֹר׃ס

*Word for word:* and people.told to Sisera (dm).that he.had.gone.up Barak the.son of.Abinoam the.mountain of.Tabor

*JPS 1917:* And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

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[Psalms 89:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.13/)

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צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].north and.\[the\] south you you created.them Tabor and Hermon at name your they.shout.for.joy

*JPS 1917:* The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.

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