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title: אֲגַף — band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲגַף (102), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: band. BDB 1906: band, army. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲגַף

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«אֲגַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **band** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 102 · **BDB:** אֲגַף

### Glosses

troops (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/102/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

band, army [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/102/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] band, army (loan-word, orig. wing of army; As. agappu, Aramaic אגף, wing. Others, fr. גפף, Sta§ 256 b)—All Ez. \& all pl. (or du.?) אֲגַפֶּיךָ Ez 38:9; 39:4; אֲגַפָּיו 12:14 + 3 textual; אֲגַפֶּיהָ 38:6 (all c. כָּל־ exc. 38:22)—bands, armies of king of Judah Ez 12:14; 17:21; hordes (RV) of Gog 38:9, 22; 39:4; specif. of גֹּמֶר 38:6; of תּוֹגַרְמָה ib.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲגַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/102/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.6/)

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גֹּ֚מֶר וְכָל־אֲגַפֶּ֔יהָ בֵּ֚ית תּֽוֹגַרְמָ֔ה יַרְכְּתֵ֥י צָפ֖וֹן וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲגַפָּ֑יו עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים אִתָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Gomer and all troops its the.house of.Togarmah \[the\].remotest.parts of.\[the\].north and (et) all troops its peoples many \[will be\].with.you

*JPS 1917:* Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his bands; even many peoples with thee.

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[Ezekiel 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.14/)

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וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר סְבִיבֹתָ֥יו עֶזְר֛וֹ וְכָל־אֲגַפָּ֖יו אֱזָרֶ֣ה לְכָל־ר֑וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and all \[those\].who \[are\].around him help his and all troops his I.will.disperse to every wind and a.sword I.will.draw after them

*JPS 1917:* And I will disperse toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

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