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title: עֵיבָל — Ebal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיבָל (lemma:עֵיבָל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ebal. BDB 1906: pr. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיבָל

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«עֵיבָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ebal** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:עֵיבָל · **BDB:** עֵיבָל²

### Glosses

Ebal (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ebal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5d1_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5d1_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. m. vel gent. name in Edom, Gn 36:23 (𝔊 Γαιβηλ), = 1 Ch 1:40 (𝔊 Γαιβηλ, A Γαοβηλ, 𝔊L Ουβαλ); according to GlaserSkizze ii. 426 poss. = foregoing (cp. with name of (god) Bēl, WklGesch. Isr. 120; Alttest. Unters. 117 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵיבָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5d1_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.22/)

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וְאֶת־עֵיבָ֥ל וְאֶת־אֲבִימָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־שְׁבָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Ebal and (et) Abimael and (et) Sheba

*JPS 1917:* and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba;

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[Genesis 36:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.23/)

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְוָ֥ן וּמָנַ֖חַת וְעֵיבָ֑ל שְׁפ֖וֹ וְאוֹנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.sons of.Shobal Alvan and Manahath and Ebal Shepho and Onam

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

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