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title: תַּרְבּוּת — increase · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּרְבּוּת (8635), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: increase. BDB 1906: n.f. increase, brood. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּרְבּוּת

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«תַּרְבּוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **increase** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8635 · **BDB:** תַּרְבּוּת

### Glosses

a.brood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

increase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8635/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. increase, brood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8635/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. increase, brood;—cstr. in phr. ת׳ אֲנָשִׁים חַטָּאִים Nu 32:14 a brood (contempt.) of sinful men (cf. מַרְבִּית 1 S 2:33).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּרְבּוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8635/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 32:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.14/)

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וְהִנֵּ֣ה קַמְתֶּ֗ם תַּ֚חַת אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תַּרְבּ֖וּת אֲנָשִׁ֣ים חַטָּאִ֑ים לִסְפּ֣וֹת ע֗וֹד עַ֛ל חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and here! you.have.risen.up in.place.of fathers your a.brood of.people sinful to add again to the.burning of.the.anger of.Yahweh against Israel

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

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