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title: זוּעַ — tremble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זוּעַ (2111), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: tremble. BDB 1906: vb. tremble, quake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זוּעַ

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«זוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tremble** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2111 · **BDB:** זוּעַ

### Glosses

\[those (1); he.trembled (1); they.will.tremble (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2111/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tremble, quake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2111/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tremble, quake (Aramaic (incl. Biblical Aramaic) id., ܙܳܥ; cf. also Arabic زَاع impel, زَعْزَعَ move, agitate, shake (on these v. NöZMG 1886, 725), Assyrian zû, storm-wind (= Aramaic זוֹעָא) ZimBP 94);— (late) Pf. 3 ms. זָע Est 5:9; Impf. 3 mpl. c. rel. שֶׁיָּזֻעוּ Ec 12:3;—tremble, quake, in presence of powerful superior Est 5:9 (sq. מִמֶּנּוּ); said of שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת in descr. of infirm old man Ec 12:3. Pt. sf. מְזַעְזְעֶיךָ Hb 2:7; causat. and intens. they that shall violently shake thee, fig. of foes of Babylon, instruments of Yahweh’s judgment.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2111/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.7/)

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הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not suddenness will.they.arise \[those who\].pay.interest.to.you and will.they.awake? \[those who.will\].make.you.tremble and you.will.become (into) plunder(s) for them

*JPS 1917:* Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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[Ecclesiastes 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.3/)

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בַּיּ֗וֹם שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙ שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַבַּ֔יִת וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל וּבָטְל֤וּ הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ כִּ֣י מִעֵ֔טוּ וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ הָרֹא֖וֹת בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* in the day when they.will.tremble \[those.who\].keep (of).the house and they.will.bend.themselves the.people of.(the) strength and they.will.cease the.\[female\] grinders (dm) they.have.become.few and they.will.grow.dim the.\[women who\].look in the windows

*JPS 1917:* In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out shall be darkened in the windows,

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