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title: אֵיבָה — enmity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵיבָה (342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: enmity. BDB 1906: n.f. enmity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵיבָה

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«אֵיבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enmity** — 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:** 342 · **BDB:** אֵיבָה

### Glosses

enmity (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enmity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. enmity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. enmity—א׳ Gn 3:15 + 2 textual; cstr. אֵיבַת Ez 25:15; 35:5—enmity, personal hostility, betw. men Nu 35:21, 22 (P), betw. serpent \& woman Gn 3:15 (J), betw. peoples אֵיבַת עוֹלָם Ez 25:15; 35:5.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵיבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 35:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.22/)

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וְאִם־בְּפֶ֥תַע בְּלֹא־אֵיבָ֖ה הֲדָפ֑וֹ אוֹ־הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛יו כָּל־כְּלִ֖י בְּלֹ֥א צְדִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if with suddenness with not enmity he pushed.him or he.threw on him any weapon with not lying.in.wait

*JPS 1917:* But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,

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[Ezekiel 25:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.15/)

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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֛עַן עֲשׂ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בִּנְקָמָ֑ה וַיִּנָּקְמ֤וּ נָקָם֙ בִּשְׁאָ֣ט בְּנֶ֔פֶשׁ לְמַשְׁחִ֖ית אֵיבַ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh because acted \[the\].Philistines in vengeance and they.avenged.themselves vengeance with scorn in.\[the\] self to destruction enmity of.antiquity

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with disdain of soul to destroy, for the old hatred;

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