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title: יָגֹר — be afraid · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָגֹר (3025), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be afraid. BDB 1906: vb. be afraid, fear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָגֹר

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«יָגֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be afraid** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3025 · **BDB:** יָגֹר

### Glosses

I.am.afraid.of (2); I.was.afraid (1); I.was.afraid.of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be afraid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3025/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be afraid, fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3025/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be afraid, fear (Ph. in n.pr. יגר אשמן = he feareth Eshmun; Arabic وَجِرَ metuens cavit, Frey; LagBN 26. 30; cf. III. גּוּר)— Pf. 2 ms. יָגֹרְתָּ Dt 28:60; יָגֹרְתִּי 9:19 + 3 times;—be afraid, sq. מִפְּנֵי before, of; of wrath of י׳ Dt 9:19; of diseases of Egypt 28:60; fear, sq. acc. Jb 3:25; 9:28 ψ 119:39.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָגֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3025/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.28/)

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יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.am.afraid.of all pains my I.know (dm).that not you will.acquit.me

*JPS 1917:* I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.

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[Psalms 119:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.39/)

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הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* take.away reproach my which I.am.afraid.of (dm) judgments your \[are\].good

*JPS 1917:* Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good.

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