What does יְבוּל mean in the Bible?
e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth".
Hebrew · H2981
יְבוּל
Produce , i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth
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יְבוּל H2981
What does יְבוּל mean in the Bible?
יְבוּל is a Hebrew word meaning "produce , i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth".
Full entry for יְבוּל (H2981) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2981?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include its produce (4), and its produce (1), fruit (1), its crops (1), its harvest (1).
Where does יְבוּל appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 26:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (3), Deuteronomy (2), Leviticus (2), Ezekiel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It its produce 4× Leviticus 26:4, Deuteronomy 11:17, Ezekiel 34:27, Zechariah 8:12
and its produce 1× Deuteronomy 32:22
fruit 1× Habakkuk 3:17
its crops 1× Haggai 1:10
its harvest 1× Psalms 67:6
its increase 1× Psalms 85:12
produce 1× Leviticus 26:20
The possessions 1× Job 20:28
the produce 1× Judges 6:4
their crops 1× Psalms 78:46
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 26:4 יְבוּלָ֔הּ to its produce Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Leviticus 26:20 יְבוּלָ֔הּ to produce Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Deuteronomy 11:17 יְבוּלָ֑הּ to its produce Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Deuteronomy 32:22 וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּ to and its produce Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Judges 6:4 יְב֣וּל to the produce Noun - masculine singular construct Job 20:28 יְב֣וּל to The possessions Noun - masculine singular construct Psalms 67:6 יְבוּלָ֑הּ to its harvest Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Psalms 78:46 יְבוּלָ֑ם to their crops Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Psalms 85:12 יְבוּלָֽהּ׃ to its increase Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Ezekiel 34:27 יְבוּלָ֔הּ to its produce Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 26:4
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 9
Leviticus 2 Deuteronomy 2 Judges 1 Job 1 Psalms 3 Ezekiel 1 Habakkuk 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
יְבוּלָ֔הּ 4x yə·ḇū·lāh Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:20, Ezekiel 34:27, Zechariah 8:12
יְב֣וּל 2x yə·ḇūl Judges 6:4, Job 20:28
יְבוּלָ֑הּ 2x yə·ḇū·lāh Deuteronomy 11:17, Psalms 67:6
יְבוּלָֽהּ׃ 2x yə·ḇū·lāh Psalms 85:12, Haggai 1:10
וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּ 1x wî·ḇu·lāh Deuteronomy 32:22
יְבוּל֙ 1x yə·ḇūl Habakkuk 3:17
יְבוּלָ֑ם 1x yə·ḇū·lām Psalms 78:46
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 8x Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:20, Deuteronomy 11:17, Psalms 67:6
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Judges 6:4, Job 20:28
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 1x Deuteronomy 32:22
Noun - masculine singular 1x Habakkuk 3:17
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Psalms 78:46
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. produce , i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth
Source Gloss
produce , i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth BDB: produce Usage: fruit, increase.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
יְבוּל is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain