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title: יָגוֹן — grief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָגוֹן (3015), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: grief. BDB 1906: grief, sorrow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָגוֹן

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«יָגוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grief** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 3015 · **BDB:** יָגוֹן

### Glosses

sorrow (14)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3015/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

grief, sorrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3015/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] grief, sorrow;—abs. יָגוֹן Gn 42:38 + 12 times; sf. (מִ)יגוֹנָם Je 31:13;—sorrow, Gn 42:38; 44:31 (J), ψ 13:3 Je 8:18; ‖ אֲנָחָה ψ 31:11 Is 35:10; 51:11; cf. ψ 107:39 (‖ עֹצֶר, רָעָה), 116:3 (‖ צָרָה), Je 20:18 (‖ עָמָל), 31:13 (‖ אֵבֶל, opp. שִׂמַּחְתִּים), 45:3 (‖ מַכְאֹבִי), Ez 23:33 (‖ שִׁכָּרוֹן, but Co.; שׁברון with Codd.; cf. 21:11); Est 9:22 (opp. שִׂמְחָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָגוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3015/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.39/)

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וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and they.became.few and they.were.bowed.down from.\[the\] oppression of.calamity and sorrow

*JPS 1917:* Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

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[Jeremiah 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.18/)

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מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י עֲלֵ֣י יָג֑וֹן עָלַ֖י לִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* cheerfulness my on sorrow on me heart my \[is\].faint

*JPS 1917:* Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

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