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title: זְוָעָה — a trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְוָעָה (2113), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a trembling. BDB 1906: n.f. trembling object of trembling, terror. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְוָעָה

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«זְוָעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a trembling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2113 · **BDB:** זְוָעָה

### Glosses

terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2113/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. trembling object of trembling, terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2113/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and, by transpos., זַעֲוָה (Di Dt 28:25 cf. Sta§ 192 a) n.f. a trembling, i.e. object of trembling, terror: זְוָעָה Is 28:19, also Kt Je 15:4 + 4 times; זַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 Ez 23:46 (also Qr Je 15:4 + 4 times);—object of trembling, terror, fright; וְהָיִיתָ לְזַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 and thou shalt become a terror to all (לְכֹל) the kingdoms of the earth; וּנְתַתִּים לְז׳ וגו׳ Je 15:4; 29:18; 34:17 (‖ לְאָלָה וּלְשַׁמָּה וְלִשְׁרֵקָה וּלְחֶרְפָּה), also וּנְתַתִּים לְז׳ וגו׳ 24:9 (‖ לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְמָשָׁל לִשְׁנִינָה וְלִקְלָלָה), Ez 23:46 2 Ch 29:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְוָעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2113/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.19/)

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מִדֵּ֤י עָבְרוֹ֙ יִקַּ֣ח אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־בַבֹּ֧קֶר בַּבֹּ֛קֶר יַעֲבֹ֖ר בַּיּ֣וֹם וּבַלָּ֑יְלָה וְהָיָ֥ה רַק־זְוָעָ֖ה הָבִ֥ין שְׁמוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* as often.as it passes.by it.will.take you (dm) in the morning in the morning it.will.pass.by in the day and in the night and it.will.be only terror to.understand \[the\].message

*JPS 1917:* As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.

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