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title: תַּבְנִית — construction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּבְנִית (8403), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: construction. BDB 1906: n.f. construction, pattern, figure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּבְנִית

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«תַּבְנִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **construction** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 8403 · **BDB:** תַּבְנִית

### Glosses

a.likeness (5); pattern (4); the.pattern (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

construction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8403/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. construction, pattern, figure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8403/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. construction, pattern, figure—תּ׳ abs. 1 Ch 28:19; cstr. Ex 25:9(×2) + 14 times + Ez 8:10 (del. Co); תַּבְנִיתוֹ 2 K 16:10, תַּבְנִיתָם Ex 25:40;— app. originally construction, structure, yet only P \& late: תַּבְנִית מִזְבַּח י׳ Jos 22:28; cf. ψ 144:12 in sim. בְּנוֹתֵינוּ כִזָוִיּוֹת מְחֻטָּבוֹת תּ׳ הֵיכָל carved according to the construction of a palace, palace-fashion. pattern, according to which anything is to be constructed (P \& late), of tabernacle Ex 25:9, utensils of tab. v 9, 40; an alter 2 K 16:10 תַּבְנִיתוֹ לְכָל־מַעֲשֵׂהוּ (disting. from דְּמוּת); temple 1 Ch 28:11 cf. v 12; chariot, i.e. cherubim 1 Ch 28:18; מַלְאֲכוֹת הַתּ׳ 1 Ch 28:19 i.e. objects of which the pattern is given. figure, image, Hex only D, of idols in form of animals Dt 4:16, 17(×2), 18(×2); elsewhere late Is 44:13 Ez 8:10 (del. B Co) ψ 106:20; cf. תּ׳ יָד Ez 8:3; 10:8 i.e. something like a hand.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «תַּבְנִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8403/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.20/)

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וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃

*Word for word:* and they.exchanged (et) glory their for an.image of.an.ox \[which\].eats vegetation

*JPS 1917:* Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

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[Ezekiel 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.8/)

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וַיֵּרָ֖א לַכְּרֻבִ֑ים תַּבְנִית֙ יַד־אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.seen to the cherubim \[the\].form of.\[the\].hand of.a.human under wings their

*JPS 1917:* And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

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