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# לִוְיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3880

**wreath** — used 2 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

wreath [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לִוְיָה: n.f. wreath [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wreath;—cstr. לִוְיַת חֵן only fig. Pr 1:9 (‖ עֲנָקִים) of instruction of parents, 4:9 (‖ עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת) of work of Wisdom.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[will be\] a wreath (1); a wreath (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 4:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.9/#tree)

תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* she.will.put to head your a.wreath of.grace a.crown of.beauty she will.give.you

*JPS 1917:* She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'

[Proverbs 1:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.9/#tree)

כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[will.be\].a.wreath of.grace they for head your and necklaces for neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3880.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3880/): 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).