Word Study · Strong's H3009 · Hebrew

יָגַב

yagab

yaw-gab'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâgab

“to dig or plow”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to dig or plow

Rendered in the KJV as

husbandman.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃2

How it is rendered · 1

and to ploughmen2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2

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HC/R/Vqrmpa · 2

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 25:12וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃uleyogevimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralBut the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.here: and to ploughmen

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 52:16וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃uleyogevimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralBut Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.here: and to ploughmen

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