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# טַבַּעַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2885

**signet** — used 49 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

signet [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טַבַּ֫עַת: n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring (on format. v. LagBN 88; Assyrian ṭimbu’u, seal-ring, Muss-Arnoltl.c.)—abs. טַבַּעַת Ex 26:24 + 3 times; cstr. id. Est 3:12 + 3 times; טַבַּעְתּוֹ Gn 41:42 + 2 times; pl. abs. טַבָּעוֹת Is 3:21 Ex 28:23; טַבָּעֹת Ex 25:12(×2) + 14 times; cstr. טַבְּעוֹת Ex 28:23 + 2 times; טַבְּעֹת Ex 25:12 + 12 times; sf. טַבְּעֹתָ֯ו Ex 28:28; 39:21; טַבְּעֹתֵיהֶם Ex 26:29; טַבְּעֹתָם 36:34;— signet-ring, of king, taken from his hand and given as token of authority Gn 41:42 (E), Est 3:10; 8:2; used in sealing official missives Est 3:12; 8(×2), 10 (vb. חָתַם). ring, as ornament Is 3:21; as gift for sacred purposes Ex 35:22 Nu 31:50 (both P). most often (only in Ex.) of rings for staves of ark, for curtains, for ephod, and other sacred furniture Ex 25:12(×3) + 35 times in Ex (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rings (34); the signet-ring (4); signet-ring (3).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 3:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.21/#tree)

הַטַּבָּע֖וֹת וְנִזְמֵ֥י הָאָֽף׃

*Word for word:* the signet-rings and the.rings of the.nose

*JPS 1917:* the rings, and the nose-jewels;

[Exodus 25:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.15/#tree)

בְּטַבְּעֹת֙ הָאָרֹ֔ן יִהְי֖וּ הַבַּדִּ֑ים לֹ֥א יָסֻ֖רוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* in the.rings of the.ark they.will.be the poles not they.will.be.removed from it

*JPS 1917:* The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2885.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2885/): 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).