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# זְבֻל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2073

**elevation** — 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

elevation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְבֻל: elevation, height, lofty abode [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] elevation, height, lofty abode (NH זְבוּל temple);—בָּנוֹ בָּנִיתִי בֵּית זְבֻל לָ֑ךְ 1 K 8:13 = 2 Ch 6:2 (poet.; prob. from book of Jashar, cf. 𝔊 WeComp. 271 DrIntr. 182; on בֵּית־זְבֻל = Assyrian bît zabal, lofty house cf. COT 1 K 8:13 DlPr 62 f.); לְבַלּוֹת שְׁאוֹל מִזְּבֻל לוֹ ψ 49:15 text dub.; Ew Hi Ri Now read מַזְבּוּל (or מִזְבּוֹל, Ew) as n. = dwelling; Che prop. for מִזְּבֻל, \[לְעוֹלָ\]ם ז׳ Checrit. n.; זְבֻל קָדְשְׁךָ Is 63:15 (‖ שָׁמַיִם) the high abode of thy holiness (cf. Checrit. n.); of the lofty abode of sun and moon: שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻ֑לָה Hb 3:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of loftiness (2); a lofty residence (1); lofty residence (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 8:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.13/#tree)

בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* indeed.(build) I.have.built a.house of.loftiness for you a.place you to dwell.in forever

*JPS 1917:* I have surely built Thee a house of habitation, a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

[2 Chronicles 6:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.2/#tree)

וַֽאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I I.have.built a.house of.loftiness for you and a.place you to dwell.in forever

*JPS 1917:* But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2073.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2073/): 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).