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title: בָּעַת — fall upon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּעַת (1204), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: fall upon. BDB 1906: vb. fall upon, startle, terrify. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּעַת

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«בָּעַת» 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 1204 · **BDB:** בָּעַת

### Glosses

they (4); it (3); let (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fall upon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1204/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fall upon, startle, terrify [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1204/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic بَغَتَ come or happen suddenly, NH בָּעַת Hiph. startle; so Aramaic בְּעֵת Pa. ܒܥܶܬ Aph.)— (late prose) Pf. נִבְעַת 1 Ch 21:30, נִבְעָ֑ת Est 7:6; נִבְעַתִּי Dn 8:17;—be terrified, abs. Dn 8:17; c. מפני 1 Ch 21:30 Est 7:6. (mostly poet.) Pf. 3 fs. sf. בִּעֲתָ֑תְנִי Is 21:4, וּבִעֲתַ֫תּוּ 1 S 16:14; 3 pl. sf. בִּעֲתֻהוּ Jb 18:11; Impf. 3 fs. תְּבַעֵת Jb 13:11; sf. תְּבַעֲתַ֑נִּי Jb 9:34; 13:21, תְּבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ Jb 33:7; 2 ms. sf. תְּבַעֲתַ֑נּי Jb 7:14; 3 mpl. sf. יְבַעֲתוּנִי ψ 18:5 = יְבַעֲתֻנִי 2 S 22:5, יְבַעֲתֻהוּ Jb 3:5; 15:24;— fall upon 1 S 16:14, 15 (fem. ptcp. c. suff. מְבַעִתֶּךָ in v 15); overwhelm Jb 3:5 (cf. לקח v 6) 9:34; 13:11 (‖ פחד נפל על) v 21 (cf. ‖) 15:24 (‖ תקף) 18:11 (‖ הפיץ) 33:7 (‖ כבד על) Is 21:4; assail ψ 18:5 = 2 S 22:5. terrify Jb 7:14 (‖ חתת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּעַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1204/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.5/)

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כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they encompassed.me breakers of.death torrents of.worthlessness they overwhelmed.me

*JPS 1917:* For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

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[Psalms 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.5/)

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אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* they encompassed.me cords of.death and torrents of.worthlessness they overwhelmed.me

*JPS 1917:* The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

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