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title: זִקְנָה — old age · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִקְנָה (2209), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: old age. BDB 1906: n.f. old age. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִקְנָה

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«זִקְנָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2209 · **BDB:** זִקְנָה

### Glosses

old.age (2); age (1); his.old.age (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2209/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. old age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2209/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. old age—זִקְנָה ψ 71:9 + 2 times; cstr. זִקְנַת 1 K 11:4; sf. זִקְנָתוֹ 1 K 15:23; זִקְנָתָ֑הּ Gn 24:36;—old age, ‖ שֵׂיבָה ψ 71:18 Is 46:4; in the time of old age לְעֵת ז׳ 1 K 11:4; 15:23 ψ 71:9; אַחֲרֵי ז׳ (i.e. after she had become old) Gn 24:36 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִקְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2209/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.9/)

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אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי לְעֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּכְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* do.not cast me.away to a.time of.old.age just as.fails strength my do.not forsake me

*JPS 1917:* Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength faileth, forsake me not.

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[Isaiah 46:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.46.4/)

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וְעַד־זִקְנָה֙ אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא וְעַד־שֵיבָ֖האֲנִ֣י אֶסְבֹּ֑ל אֲנִ֤י עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶשָּׂ֔א וַאֲנִ֥י אֶסְבֹּ֖ל וַאֲמַלֵּֽט׃ס

*Word for word:* and until old.age I \[am\].he and until gray.hair I I.will.carry I I.made and I I.will.bear and I I.will.carry and I.will.rescue

*JPS 1917:* Even to old age I am the same, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

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