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title: זֹו — this · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֹו (2097), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: this. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֹו

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«זֹו» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2097 · **BDB:** זוֹ

### Glosses

this (1); which (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2097/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** i.q. זֹה (q.v.): only Ho 7:16 b זוֹ לַעְגָּם this (i.e. the falling by the sword, v a) is their derision; and (as relat.) ψ 132:12 וְעֵדֹ֤תִ֥י זֹוֹ and my testimony which … (neglecting the accentuation: v. De, and cf. the remark under זֶה 5).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֹו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2097/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.12/)

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אִֽם־יִשְׁמְר֬וּ בָנֶ֨יךָ ׀ בְּרִיתִי֮ וְעֵדֹתִ֥י ז֗וֹ אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if they.will.keep sons your covenant my and testimonies my which I will.teach.them also sons their until perpetuity they.will.sit to throne your

*JPS 1917:* If thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'

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[Hosea 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.16/)

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יָשׁ֣וּבוּ ׀ לֹ֣א עָ֗ל הָיוּ֙ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּ֔ה יִפְּל֥וּ בַחֶ֛רֶב שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם מִזַּ֣עַם לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם ז֥וֹ לַעְגָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* they.turn not height they.have.become like a.bow of.deceit they.will.fall by the sword leaders their from the.indignation their.tongue their this be\].their.mockery \[will in the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* They return, but not upwards; they are become like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue; this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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