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title: זֵעָה — sweat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵעָה (2188), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sweat. BDB 1906: n.f. sweat. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵעָה

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«זֵעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweat** — 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:** 2188 · **BDB:** זֵעָה²

### Glosses

the.sweat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2188/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sweat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2188/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sweat (NH זִיעָה (Levy), better זֵיעָה (Jastr); Aramaic דֵּיעְתָּא, ܕܽܘܥܬܳܐ )—בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם Gn 3:19 (J).

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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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2188/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.19/)

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בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל לֶ֔חֶם עַ֤ד שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָ֣ר אַ֔תָּה וְאֶל־עָפָ֖ר תָּשֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* by the.sweat your.face your you.will.eat food until return you to the ground (dm) from it you.were.taken (dm) \[are\].dust you and to dust you.will.return

*JPS 1917:* In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'

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