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title: יִסּוֹר — one who reproves · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִסּוֹר (3250), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: one who reproves. BDB 1906: n.m. one who reproves, fault-finder. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִסּוֹר

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«יִסּוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **one who reproves** — 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:** 3250 · **BDB:** יִסּוֹר

### Glosses

a.faultfinder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

one who reproves [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3250/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. one who reproves, fault-finder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3250/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. one who reproves, fault-finder, הֲרֹב עִם־שַׁדַּי יִסּוֹר Jb 40:2 shall a reprover contend with Shadday?

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִסּוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3250/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.2/)

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הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃פ

*Word for word:* will he.contend? with \[the\].Almighty a.faultfinder \[one.who\].corrects God let him.answer.him

*JPS 1917:* Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

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