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title: זֵד — insolent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵד (2086), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: insolent. BDB 1906: adj. insolent, presumptuous. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵד

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«זֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **insolent** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2086 · **BDB:** זֵד

### Glosses

arrogant.\[people\] (9); an.arrogant.\[person\] (1); arrogant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

insolent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. insolent, presumptuous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. insolent, presumptuous:—ז׳ Pr 21:24; pl. זֵדִים Je 43:2 + 11 times;—always masc., and always of opposition to י׳, wickedness; with qualified noun expressed, only הָאֲנָשִׁים הַזֵּדִים Je 43:2, of opponents of Jerem.; elsewhere used substantively, as term. techn. for godless, rebellious men; once sg. זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ Pr 21:24 a haughty, insolent one, scorner is his name (‖ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן); usually pl. Is 13:11 (גְּאוֹן ז׳; ‖ גַּאֲוַת עָרִיצִים); Mal 3:13 (‖ עֹשֵׂי רִשְׁעָה), v Mal 3:19 (‖ עֹשֵׁה רִשְׁעָה); and in ψ 86:14 (‖ עָרִיצִים), 119:21 (‖ הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶיךָ), v 51, 69, 78, 85, 122; so prob. also ψ 19:14 גַּם מִזֵּדִים חֲשׂךְ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ also from presumptuous men hold back thy servant (Ew Ol Hup CheRVm); \>presumptuous sins De al. (AV RV).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.21/)

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גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.rebuke arrogant.\[people\] cursed.\[people\] \[who\].go astray from commandments your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments.

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[Psalms 119:122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.122/)

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עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* stand.surety.for servant your for good not may they.oppress.me arrogant.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

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