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title: אֶזְרֹעַ — arm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶזְרֹעַ (248), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: arm. BDB 1906: n.f. arm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶזְרֹעַ

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«אֶזְרֹעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **arm** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 248 · **BDB:** אֶזְרוֹעַ²

### Glosses

an.arm (1); arm (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

arm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/248/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. arm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/248/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. arm ( = foregoing c. א prosthet.)—arm of man כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִפּ֑וֹל וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ Jb 31:22; of וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה וּבְאֶזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה י׳ Je 32:21, cf. זְרוֹעַ 1 c.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶזְרֹעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/248/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.22/)

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כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפּ֑וֹל וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* shoulder my from shoulder its let.it.fall and arm my from arm its let.it.be.broken

*JPS 1917:* Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

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[Jeremiah 32:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.32.21/)

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וַתֹּצֵ֛א אֶת־עַמְּךָ֥ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם בְּאֹת֣וֹת וּבְמוֹפְתִ֗ים וּבְיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבְאֶזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבְמוֹרָ֖א גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and you.brought.out (et) people your (et) Israel from the.land of.Egypt by signs and by wonders and by a.hand strong and by an.arm outstretched and with terror great

*JPS 1917:* and didst bring forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

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