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title: טָרַח — toil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָרַח (2959), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: toil. BDB 1906: vb. toil, be burdened. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָרַח

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«טָרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **toil** — 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:** 2959 · **BDB:** טָרַח

### Glosses

he.burdens (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

toil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2959/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. toil, be burdened [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2959/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. toil, be burdened (NH id., toil, Hiph. weary, importune; Aramaic טְרַח toil, etc.; Arabic طَرَحَ is cast, throw, remove)— Impf. אַף־בְּרִי יַטְרִיחַ עָ֑ב Jb 37:11 he burdeneth with moisture the cloud(s).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2959/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.11/)

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אַף־בְּ֭רִי יַטְרִ֣יחַ עָ֑ב יָ֝פִ֗יץ עֲנַ֣ן אוֹרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* also with moisture he.burdens \[the\].dark.cloud\[s\] he.scatters the.cloud his.light his

*JPS 1917:* Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;

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