מַרְבִּית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4768

increase — used 5 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

increase tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַרְבִּית: n.f. increase, great number, greatness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. increase, great number, greatness;—מ׳ abs. Lv 25:37; cstr. 1 S 2:33 + 2 times; sf. מַרְבִּיתָם 1 Ch 12:30 (van d. H. v 29);— increase, concr.: of family 1 S 2:33. increment, interest, usury, Lv 25:37 (H; of food-stuffs, ‖ נֶשֶׁךְ, of money; מ׳ of money Egyptian Aramaic, opp. ראש principal, Cooke North-Sem. Inscr. 404). great number: of people 2 Ch 30:18; c. sf. = the greater part of them, 1 Ch 12:30 (v. supr.). greatness, of wisdom 2 Ch 9:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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: increase (1); of the greatness (1); part (1).

In the verses

Leviticus 25:37 · tree →

אֶ֨ת־כַּסְפְּךָ֔ לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן ל֖וֹ בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְ וּבְמַרְבִּ֖ית לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן אָכְלֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: (et) silver your not you.will.give to him for interest and for increase not you.will.give food your

JPS 1917: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

1 Chronicles 12:30 · tree →

וּמִן־בְּנֵ֧י בִנְיָמִ֛ן אֲחֵ֥י שָׁא֖וּל שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֑ים וְעַד־הֵ֙נָּה֙ מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם שֹׁמְרִ֕ים מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת בֵּ֥ית שָׁאֽוּל׃ס

Word for word: and of the.descendants of.Benjamin the.relatives of.Saul three thousand(s) and until now part their.greater [were].keeping the.duty of.the.house of.Saul

JPS 1917: And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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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