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title: תִּבְנִי — Tibni · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּבְנִי (8402), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Tibni. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּבְנִי

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«תִּבְנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tibni** — 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:** 8402 · **BDB:** תִּבְנִי

### Glosses

Tibni (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tibni [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8402/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8402/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. rival of Omri (WeIsr. u. Jüd. Gesch., 3rd ed., 70, cp. Sidon. Thabnit);—1 K 16:21, 22(×2); Θαμνει, 𝔊L Θαβεννει.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «תִּבְנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8402/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 16:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.22/)

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וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַחֲרֵ֣י עָמְרִ֔י אֶת־הָעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַחֲרֵ֖י תִּבְנִ֣י בֶן־גִּינַ֑ת וַיָּ֣מָת תִּבְנִ֔י וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ עָמְרִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.prevailed.over the people which \[was\].after Omri (et) the people which \[was\].after Tibni the.son of.Ginath and he.died Tibni and he.became.king Omri

*JPS 1917:* But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

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[1 Kings 16:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.21/)

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אָ֧ז יֵחָלֵ֛ק הָעָ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַחֵ֑צִי חֲצִ֨י הָעָ֜ם הָ֠יָה אַחֲרֵ֨י תִבְנִ֤י בֶן־גִּינַת֙ לְהַמְלִיכ֔וֹ וְהַחֲצִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֥י עָמְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then it.was.divided the people Israel into the half (the).half of the.people it.was behind Tibni the.son of.Ginath to make him.king and (the) half \[was\].behind Omri

*JPS 1917:* Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

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