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title: בִּעוּת — fall upon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּעוּת (1161), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fall upon. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. terrors, alarms. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּעוּת

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«בִּעוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fall upon** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1161 · **BDB:** בִּעוּתִים

### Glosses

terrors (1); the.terrors (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fall upon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1161/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. terrors, alarms [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1161/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. terrors, alarms, occasioned by God בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ Jb 6:4 (‖ חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי); בִּעוּתֶיךָ ψ 88:17 (‖ חֲרוֹנֶיךָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּעוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1161/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 88:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.17/)

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עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* over me they.have.passed anger(s) your terrors your they have.destroyed.me

*JPS 1917:* Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

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[Job 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.4/)

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כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.arrows of.\[the\].Almighty \[are\].with me which poison their \[is\].drinking spirit my the.terrors of.God they are.arranged.against.me

*JPS 1917:* For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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