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title: אָזַן — weigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָזַן (239), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: weigh. BDB 1906: vb. weigh, test, prove. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָזַן

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«אָזַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weigh** — 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:** 239 · **BDB:** אָזַן²

### Glosses

he.weighed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/239/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weigh, test, prove [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/239/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pf. weigh, test, prove (cf. Arabic وَزَنَ weigh, also Arabic \& Aramaic deriv.); וְאִזֵּן (conj.) Ec 12:9 (‖ חִקֵּר, תִּקֵּן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָזַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/239/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.9/)

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וְיֹתֵ֕ר שֶׁהָיָ֥ה קֹהֶ֖לֶת חָכָ֑ם ע֗וֹד לִמַּד־דַּ֙עַת֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאִזֵּ֣ן וְחִקֵּ֔ר תִּקֵּ֖ן מְשָׁלִ֥ים הַרְבֵּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and excess that he.was Teacher wise again he.taught knowledge (et) the people and he.weighed and he.searched.out he.arranged.in.order proverbs many

*JPS 1917:* And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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