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title: בְּעָתָה — terror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּעָתָה (1205), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: terror. BDB 1906: n.f. terror, dismay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּעָתָה

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«בְּעָתָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terror** — 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:** 1205 · **BDB:** בְּעָתָה

### Glosses

terror (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1205/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror, dismay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1205/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. terror, dismay Je 8:15 = 14:19.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּעָתָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1205/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.15/)

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קַוֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם וְאֵ֣ין ט֑וֹב לְעֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה׃

*Word for word:* we.waited.eagerly for peace and there.\[was\].not good for a.time of.healing and there! terror

*JPS 1917:* We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!'

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[Jeremiah 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.19/)

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הֲמָאֹ֨ס מָאַ֜סְתָּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֗ה אִם־בְּצִיּוֹן֙ גָּעֲלָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הִכִּיתָ֔נוּ וְאֵ֥ין לָ֖נוּ מַרְפֵּ֑א קַוֵּ֤ה לְשָׁלוֹם֙ וְאֵ֣ין ט֔וֹב וּלְעֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖א וְהִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה׃

*Word for word:* utterly (reject)? have.you.rejected (et) Judah or? (in) Zion does.it.abhor self your why? have you.struck.us and there.\[is\].not for us healing we.waited.eagerly for peace and there.\[was\].not good and for a.time of.healing and there! terror

*JPS 1917:* Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!

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