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title: אוֹיָה — woe! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹיָה (190), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: woe!. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹיָה

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«אוֹיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **woe!** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 190 · **BDB:** אוֹיָה

### Glosses

woe! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

woe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/190/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \= אוֹי ψ 120:5 א֣וֹיָה לִּ֖י.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/190/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 120:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.5/)

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אֽוֹיָה־לִ֭י כִּי־גַ֣רְתִּי מֶ֑שֶׁךְ שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּי עִֽם־אָהֳלֵ֥י קֵדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* woe! to me (dm) I.have.sojourned Meshech I.have.dwelt with the.tents of.Kedar

*JPS 1917:* Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

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