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title: זֹה — this · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֹה (2090), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: this. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֹה

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«זֹה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **this** — 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:** 2090 · **BDB:** זֹה

### Glosses

this (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2090/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** this (f.) = זֹאת (cf. זוֹ, in Mish. the regular fem. of זֶה)—2 K 6:19 Ez 40:45 Ec 2:2, 24; 5:15, 18; 7:23; 9:13 (זאת does not occur in Ec); also in the phr. כָּזֹה וְכָזֶה (v. זה 6 c β).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֹה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2090/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.2/)

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לִשְׂח֖וֹק אָמַ֣רְתִּי מְהוֹלָ֑ל וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה מַה־זֹּ֥ה עֹשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* of laughter I.said \[it.is\].mad and of pleasure what? this \[is.it\].doing

*JPS 1917:* I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'

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[Ecclesiastes 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.13/)

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גַּם־זֹ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי חָכְמָ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וּגְדוֹלָ֥ה הִ֖יא אֵלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* also this I.have.seen wisdom under the sun and.\[was\] great it to me

*JPS 1917:* This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

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