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title: זֹקֶן — old age · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֹקֶן (2207), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: old age. BDB 1906: old age. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֹקֶן

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«זֹקֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **old age** — 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:** 2207 · **BDB:** זֹ֫קֶן

### Glosses

old.age (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2207/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2207/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] old age—עֵינֵי ישׂראל כָּֽבְדוּ מִזֹּ֫קֶן Gn 48:10 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֹקֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2207/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 48:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.10/)

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וְעֵינֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כָּבְד֣וּ מִזֹּ֔קֶן לֹ֥א יוּכַ֖ל לִרְא֑וֹת וַיַּגֵּ֤שׁ אֹתָם֙ אֵלָ֔יו וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק לָהֶ֖ם וַיְחַבֵּ֥ק לָהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the.eyes of.Israel they.were.heavy from old.age not he.was.able to see and he.brought.near them to him and he.kissed (to) them and he.embraced (to) them

*JPS 1917:* Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

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