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title: טֹרַח — burden · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֹרַח (2960), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: burden. BDB 1906: n.m. burden. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֹרַח

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«טֹרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burden** — 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:** 2960 · **BDB:** טֹ֫רַח

### Glosses

burden (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. burden, fig., הָיוּ עָלַי לָטֹ֑רַח נִלְאֵיתִי נְשֽׂא׃ Is 1:14 they are become a burden on me, I am weary of bearing; אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא טָרְחֲכֶם Dt 1:12 (+ מַשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִיבְכֶם) how can I bear the burden of you?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֹרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.12/)

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אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* how? will.I.bear I alone burden your and burden your and dispute\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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[Isaiah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.14/)

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חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤ם וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙ שָׂנְאָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלַ֖י לָטֹ֑רַח נִלְאֵ֖יתִי נְשֹֽׂא׃

*Word for word:* moons your.new and your.appointed feasts it.hates self my they.have.become on me (into).a burden I.am.weary to.bear.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

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