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title: זַעֲוָה — a trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַעֲוָה (2189), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: a trembling. BDB 1906: n.f. trembling object of trembling, terror. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַעֲוָה

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«זַעֲוָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 2189 · **BDB:** זְוָעָה

### Glosses

a.terror (6); terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. trembling object of trembling, terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 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 «זַעֲוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.46/)

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כִּ֛י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הַעֲלֵ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קָהָ֔ל וְנָתֹ֥ן אֶתְהֶ֖ן לְזַעֲוָ֥ה וְלָבַֽז׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh bring.up on them a.company and make them into a.terror and to spoil

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the Lord GOD: An assembly shall be brought up against them, and they shall be made a horror and a spoil.

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[Jeremiah 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.4/)

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וּנְתַתִּ֣ים לְזַֽעֲוָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ בִּ֠גְלַל מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה בֶן־יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I will.make.them into a.terror for all the.kingdoms of the.earth on account of.Manasseh the.son of.Hezekiah the.king of.Judah on \[that\].which he.did in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And I will cause them to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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