טָבַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2883

sink — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

sink tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טָבַע: vb. sink, sink down tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. sink, sink down (NH id.; Aramaic ܛܒܰܥ, טְבַע; Ph. טבע coin; Assyrian ṭebû, sink in, ṭabbîʾu, diver (water-fowl) etc., v. Muss-ArnoltJBL xi, 1892, 170 DlHWB; Arabic طَبَعَ seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic ጠምዐ dip)— Pf. טָבַעְתִּי ψ 69:3; טָֽבְעוּ ψ 9:16 La 2:9; Impf. וַיִּטְבַּע Je 38:6; וַתִּטְבַּע 1 S 17:49; אֶטְבָּ֑עָה ψ 69:15;—sink, sink down, intrans., c. בְּ; 1 S 17:49 (stone into Goliath’s forehead); Je 38:6 (Jerem. in mire of dungeon); La 2:9 (gates of Jerus. into ground); metaph. of distress; ψ 69:3 ט׳בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה; 69:15 (‖ הצילני מִטִּיט); nations into the pit (בַּשַּׁחַת) 9:16. Pf. טֻבְּעוּ be sunk Ex 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned בְּיַם־סוּף. Pf. הָטְבְּעוּ be sunk בַבֹּץ in the mire, of feet, metaph. of entanglements and difficulties Je 38:22; הָטְבָּ֑עוּ, of pedestals (אֲדָנִים) of the earth, as settled, planted עַל Jb 38:6 (‖ ירה פִּנָּה); abs. of mountains Pr 8:25.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they have sunk (2); I have sunk (1); he sank (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 8:25 · tree →

בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃

Word for word: before mountains they.were.planted before [the].hills I.was.brought.forth

JPS 1917: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

Job 38:6 · tree →

עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

Word for word: on what? bases its were.they.sunk or who? did.he.lay the.stone its.corner her

JPS 1917: Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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