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title: אֹודֹות — cause · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹודֹות (182), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: cause. BDB 1906: n.f. cause. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹודֹות

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«אֹודֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cause** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 182 · **BDB:** אוֹדָה

### Glosses

the.causes (8); causes (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cause [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/182/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cause [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/182/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cause (perhaps orig. circumstance, cf. Sab. אוד enclosing wall)—only pl. אוֹדֹת Gn 21:11 +; אֹדוֹת Nu 12:1 +; (8 times + 2 S 13:16 vid.infra); אֹדוֹתַי Jos 14:6; אֹדוֹתֶיךָ ib.;—cause, always with על, \& cstr., except Je 3:8, where sq. אֲשֶׁר; עַל־א׳ because of Gn 21:11, 25 Ex 18:8 Nu 12:1; 13:24 Ju 6:7 Je 3:8 (+ כָּל־); = concerning (on occasion of) Gn 26:32 Jos 14:6(×2); in 2 S 13:16 read, for אל־אֹדוֹת, אַל אָחִי כִּי 𝔊L It. We Dr.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «אֹודֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/182/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.7/)

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וַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי־זָעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל אֹד֥וֹת מִדְיָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was (dm) they.cried.out the.people of.Israel to Yahweh on the.causes of.Midian

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,

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[Genesis 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.11/)

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וַיֵּ֧רַע הַדָּבָ֛ר מְאֹ֖ד בְּעֵינֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם עַ֖ל אוֹדֹ֥ת בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.displeasing the matter exceedingly in the.eyes of.Abraham on the.causes his.son his

*JPS 1917:* And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

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