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title: זָדוֹן — insolence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָדוֹן (2087), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: insolence. BDB 1906: n.m. insolence, presumptuousness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָדוֹן

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«זָדוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **insolence** — 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:** 2087 · **BDB:** זָדוֹן

### Glosses

presumption (7); the.presumption (2); O.presumption (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

insolence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. insolence, presumptuousness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 11:2 insolence, presumptuousness (on format. cf. LagBN 204, Anm.), abs. ז׳ Dt 17:12 + 7 times; cstr. זְדוֹן Je 49:16 Ob 3; sf. זְדֹנְךָ 1 S 17:28;— insolence, presumption toward men; affirmed of David by Eliab 1 S 17:28 (‖ רֹעַ לְבָבֶ֑ךָ); usually of presumptuous godlessness (cf. זוּד, זֵד), exhibited in disobedience to priest or judge Dt 17:12; in false prediction 18:22; in gen. Pr 11:2 (opp. צְנוּעִים), 13:10; עֶבְרַת ז׳ Pr 21:24 (cf. זֵד); ז׳ לִבֶּ֑ךָ Je 46:16 (= Ob 3) presumption of thine heart; of Babylon personif. under fig. of ז׳ Je 50:31, 32; dub. is פָּרַח הַזּ׳ Ez 7:10 insolence hath blossomed (preceded by צָץ הַמַּטֶּה) i.e. either of Isr. as demanding punishment, or of Babylon as instr. of punishment.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «זָדוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.2/)

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בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.comes presumption and it.came shame and.\[is\] with modest.\[people\] wisdom

*JPS 1917:* When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

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[Proverbs 13:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.10/)

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רַק־בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* only with presumption it.gives contention and.\[is\] with \[those.who\].receive.advice wisdom

*JPS 1917:* By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

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