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title: עֲבֹות — interwoven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲבֹות (lemma:עֲבֹות), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: interwoven. BDB 1906: n.m. twisted cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבֹות

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«עֲבֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interwoven** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:עֲבֹות · **BDB:** עֲבֹת

### Glosses

branches (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interwoven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b9_5d5_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. twisted cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b9_5d5_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 15:13 + et f. Ju 15:14; Jb 39:10 (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?);—abs. ע׳ Ex 28:14 + 2 times; cstr. עֲבוֹת Is 5:18 ψ 129:4; sf. 3 ms. עֲבֹתוֹ Jb 39:10, 3 mpl. עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֹ ψ 2:3; pl. עֲבֹתִים Ju 15:13 +, עֲבֹתֹת Ex 28:14 +, etc.;— cord, rope: as fetter, Ju 15:13, 14; 16:11, 12; Ez 3:25; 4:8; Jb 39:10 (of wild ox), so also prob. ψ 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr al.; \> with branches Che, cf. Bae Du; fig. of authority ψ 2:3 (‖ מוֹסְרוֹתֵימוֹ), 129:4. עֲבוֹת הָעֲגָלָה Is 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in sim.; ‖ חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); fig. עֲבֹתוֹת אַהֲבָה Ho 11:4 with the cords of love, of י׳’s drawing Isr. (‖ חַבְלֵי אָדָם). cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest’s breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Ex 28:14, 22; 39:15; שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords v 24, 25; 39:17, 18. interwoven foliage (?) in phr. (עַל־)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים of top of a vine Ez 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then עָבוֹת); of cedar, 31:3, 10, 14, but in these certainly clouds, so 𝔊 Ew Hi-Sm Co al.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b9_5d5_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 31:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.3/)

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הִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there! Assyria \[was\].a.cedar in (the) Lebanon beautiful of.branch\[es\] and a.forest \[which\].gave.shade and tall of.height and between branches it.was treetop its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

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[Ezekiel 19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.11/)

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ־לָ֞הּ מַטּ֣וֹת עֹ֗ז אֶל־שִׁבְטֵי֙ מֹֽשְׁלִ֔ים וַתִּגְבַּ֥הּ קֽוֹמָת֖וֹ עַל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֑ים וַיֵּרָ֣א בְגָבְה֔וֹ בְּרֹ֖ב דָּלִיֹּתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and they.belonged to it branches of.strength to scepters of.rulers and it.was.lofty stature its above between branches and it.was.seen by height its by the.abundance its.branches his

*JPS 1917:* And she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils.

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