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title: דְּאָגָה — anxiety · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּאָגָה (1674), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: anxiety. BDB 1906: n.f. anxiety, anxious care. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּאָגָה

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«דְּאָגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **anxiety** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1674 · **BDB:** דְּאָגָה

### Glosses

anxiety (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

anxiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1674/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. anxiety, anxious care [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1674/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. anxiety, anxious care—דְּאָגָה Jos 22:24 + 5 times; anxiety for = for fear of, c. מִן Jos 22:24; anxiety Pr 12:25 (where c. verb. masc. cf. Now), Je 49:23 בַּיָּם ד׳; anxious care Ez 4:16; 12:19 (in both ‖ שִׁמָּמוֹן), 12:18 (‖ רַעַשׁ and רָגְזָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «דְּאָגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1674/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.25/)

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דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* anxiety in.\[the\] heart of.a.person it bows.it.down and a.word good it makes.it.glad

*JPS 1917:* Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.

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[Ezekiel 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.18/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם לַחְמְךָ֖ בְּרַ֣עַשׁ תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּמֵימֶ֕יךָ בְּרָגְזָ֥ה וּבִדְאָגָ֖ה תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind food your in quaking you.will.eat and water your in trembling and in anxiety you.will.drink

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;

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