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title: בֵּבַי — Bebai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּבַי (893), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Bebai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּבַי

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«בֵּבַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bebai** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 893 · **BDB:** בֵּבַי

### Glosses

of.Bebai (5); Bebai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bebai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/893/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/893/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a chief of returning exiles בֵּבָ֑י Ne 10:16; בְּנֵי בֵבַי Ezr 8:11; בֶּן־בֵּבָ֑י Ezr 8:11; בְּנֵי בֵבָ֑י Ezr 2:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּבַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/893/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.16/)

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בֻּנִּ֥י עַזְגָּ֖ד בֵּבָֽי׃

*Word for word:* Bunni Azgad Bebai

*JPS 1917:* Bunni, Azgad, Bebai;

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[Ezra 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.11/)

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בְּנֵ֣י בֵבָ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Bebai six hundred(s) twenty and three

*JPS 1917:* The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

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