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title: זרה — press down and out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זרה (2237), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: press down and out. BDB 1906: vb. sneeze. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זרה

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«זרה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press down and out** — 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:** 2237 · **BDB:** זָרַר

### Glosses

they.have.been.pressed.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press down and out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2237/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sneeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2237/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only sneeze (cf. זְרִירוֹ(ה)י 𝔗 Jb 41:10 for Heb. עֲטִישֹׁתָיו; vb. prob. onomatop.);—וַיְזוֹרֵר הַנַּעַר עד שׁבע פעמים 2 K 4:35. וַיְזוֹרֵר 2 K 4:35 om. 𝔊 Gr Bur think MT arose (by dittogr.) from וַיִּגְהַר עַל־הַנַּעַר.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זרה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2237/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.6/)

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מִכַּף־רֶ֤גֶל וְעַד־רֹאשׁ֙ אֵֽין־בּ֣וֹ מְתֹ֔ם פֶּ֥צַע וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה וּמַכָּ֣ה טְרִיָּ֑ה לֹא־זֹ֙רוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֻבָּ֔שׁוּ וְלֹ֥א רֻכְּכָ֖ה בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] sole of.\[the\].foot and to \[the\].head there.\[is\].not in it soundness bruise\[s\] and welt\[s\] and wound\[s\] fresh not they.have.been.pressed.out and not they.have.been.bound.up and not it.has.been.softened with (the) oil

*JPS 1917:* From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been pressed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

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