תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh · H8393 · Hebrew · 42 occurrences
Meanings
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yield, produce, crops
Agricultural products of the land
ExamplesGenesis 47:24 “At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food, and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
Exodus 23:10 “Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,
Leviticus 19:25 ‘But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.
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profit, revenue, gain
Literally: yield, produce; hence: the resulting effect of one's acts or decisions
ExamplesProverbs 3:14 For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.
Proverbs 8:19 “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold; And my yield better than choice silver.
Proverbs 10:16 The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
33 occurrences in 17 groups
- הּher 8
- ךָyour 4
- הוּhis 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָשָׁןold 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָצָאto go out 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- קָדַשׁto consecrate, to sanctify 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
11 occurrences in 7 groups
- אָסַףto gather, to assemble 4
- רָבָהto increase 2
- יָסַףto add 1
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- עָשַׂרto take the tenth 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חַטָּאָהsin, sin offering 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָכַרtrouble 1
- קָצִירharvest 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִןfrom 6
- בin/on/with 6
- כlike/as 2
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
11 occurrences in 8 groups
- מַעֲשֵׂרtithe, tenth 2
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 2
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 2
- לֶחֶםbread, food 1
- מֶגֶדchoice 1
- מִסְפָּרnumber 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- γέννημα génnēma · G1081 · offspring, produce, yield
- γέννημα (offspring, produce) renders Hebrew תְּבוּאָה as the agricultural yield or produce of land, overlapping in the concrete 'fruit/produce' sense though γέννημα's primary etymology centers on generation/offspring whereas תְּבוּאָה emphasizes incoming harvest/revenue.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Crops001003001003002
- This noun denotes agricultural produce, as in Leviticus 25:3's instruction to sow the field for six years and gather in its produce.
- Happen002002003003
- This domain reflects a further abstract sense of gain or increase coming about, found elsewhere in this word's range of occurrences rather than being illustrated by the citations sampled here.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8393. tebuah תְּבוּאָה noun feminine proventus, product, revenue — ׳תּ absolute Psa…
תְּבוּאָה noun feminine proventus, product, revenue — ׳תּ absolute Psa 107:37 Psa 107:3t.; construct תְּבוּאַת Lev 23:39 Lev 23:11t.; suffix תְּבוּאָתִי Job 31:12; Pro 8:19; תְּבוּאָתְּךָ Deu 14:28 Deu 14:2t.; תְּבוּאָתֶ֑ךָ Pro 3:9; תְּכוּאָתוֺ Lev 19:25 + Eze 48:18 Qr (Kt תבואתה), תְּבוּאָתֹה Jer 2:3; תְּבוּאָתָהּ Exo 23:10 Exo 23:7t. + Eze 48:18 Kt (so Co); תְּבוּאָתֵנוּ Lev 25:20; plural תְּבוּאֹת Lev 25:15 Lev 25:4t.; תְּכוּאוֺת Pro 14:4; Pro 16:8; תְּבוּאֹתֵיכֶם Jer 12:13; —
1 product, yield, usually of earth (= crops, etc.) ׳תּ הָאָרֶץ Exo 23:10; Lev 19:25; Lev 23:29; Lev 25:3, Lev 25:7 (used as food for man & beast, compare Lev 25:22) Jos 5:12, compare Neh 9:37; Lev 25:15-16, also Eze 48:18; in Gen 47:24 ׳בַּתּ must = of the crops (בּ partitive, compare בְּ
I. 2. b; ᵐ5 strike out בְּ); שָׂדֶה׳ת 2Ki 8:6; 2Ch 31:5; ׳תּ כֶּרֶם Deu 22:9 compare Psa 107:37; חָאֲדָמָה תּ ׳לָחֶם Isa 30:23; ׳תּ גֹּרֶן & ׳תּ יָ֑קֶב Num 18:30; ׳תּ זֶרַע Deu 14:22; ׳תּ דָּגָן2Chron 32:38; as property of husbandmen, or people Lev 25:20; Deu 14:28; Deuteronomy 16:25; Deu 26:12; Pro 3:9; crops as determined by season, ׳תּ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Deu 33:14 (|| יְרָחִים גֶרֶשׁ); yield of a year שָׁנָה Lev 25:12, Lev 25:22; compare Lev 25:21 תּ ׳עָשָׂה, subject שָׁנָה.
2. a. income, revenue, in General Job 31:12 (almost = possessions) Pro 10:16; Pro 14:4; Pro 15:6; Pro 16:8; Ecc 5:9 compare Isa 23:3 (revenue of Tyre from trade with Egypt in bread stuffs).
b. figurative gain of wisdom ׳תּ חָכְמָה Pro 3:14; Pro 8:19; product of lips (׳תּ שְׂפָתָיו) Pro 18:20, i.e. results of his speech (|| פִיאִֿישׁ מְּרִי); of Israel as Yahweh's product Jer 2:3; of Israel's wickedness Jer 12:13.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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