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title: אוּץ — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּץ (213), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, be pressed, make haste. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּץ

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«אוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 213 · **BDB:** אוּץ

### Glosses

\[one.who\].hastens (3); I.have.hastened (1); \[were\].urging.\[them\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/213/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, be pressed, make haste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/213/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, be pressed, make haste— Pf. אָץ Jos 10:13; 17:15; אַ֫צְתִּי Je 17:16 Pt. אָץ Pr 19:2 + 3 times Pr; אָצִים Ex 5:13;— press, hasten (trans. but obj. not expr.) Ex 5:13 (E). (intr.) be pressed, confined, narrow Jos 17:15 כִּי אָץ לְךָ הַר־אֶפְרַיִם. hasten, make haste, sq. ל + Inf. Jos 10:13 לֹא אָץ לָבוֹא (J, of sun); Pr 28:20 א׳ לַהַעֲשִׁיר; sq. מִן Je 17:16 לֹא א׳ מֵרוֹעֶה; sq. ב (of particular in wh. one hastens) Pr 19:2 (בַּרַגְלַיִם); 29:20 (בִּדַבָרִים); cf. also Pr 21:5 וַכָל־אָץ אַךְ לַמַחַסוֹר. Impf. וַיָּאִיצוּ Gn 19:15; תָּאִיצוּ Is 22:4—hasten (tr.) sq. ב Gn 19:15 (J); sq. ל + Inf. אַל־תָּא׳ לְנַחֲמֵנִי Is 22:4. (May be Qal Impf., \& vb. ע׳י.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/213/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.20/)

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אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנוֹת רַב־בְּרָכ֑וֹת וְאָ֥ץ לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.faithfulness(es) \[will.be\].great of.blessings and \[one.who\].hastens to gain.riches not he.will.go.unpunished

*JPS 1917:* A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

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[Proverbs 21:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.5/)

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מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ־לְמוֹתָ֑ר וְכָל־אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].plans of.a.diligent.\[person\] \[are\].only to profit and every \[one.who\].hastens \[is\].only to lack

*JPS 1917:* The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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