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title: בַּוַּי — Bavai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּוַּי (942), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Bavai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּוַּי

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«בַּוַּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bavai** — 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:** 942 · **BDB:** בַּוַּי

### Glosses

Bavvai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bavai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/942/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/942/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Jew of Nehem.’s time Ne 3:18 = בִּנּוּי v 24 which prob. read also v 18 (𝔊 Βεδει, Βενει, Βεζερ); cf. further SmListen 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּוַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/942/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.18/)

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אַחֲרָיו֙ הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם בַּוַּ֖י בֶּן־חֵנָדָ֑ד שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* after him they.repaired brothers their Bavvai the.son of.Henadad the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Keilah

*JPS 1917:* After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.

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