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title: לַהַג — study · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַהַג (3854), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: study. BDB 1906: n.m. study devotion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַהַג

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«לַהַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **study** — 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:** 3854 · **BDB:** לַ֫הַג

### Glosses

study (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

study [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3854/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. study devotion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3854/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (late) study, i.e. devotion to books; ל׳ הַרְבֵּה יְגִעַת בָּשָׂר Ec 12:12 (cf. Now).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַהַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3854/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.12/)

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וְיֹתֵ֥ר מֵהֵ֖מָּה בְּנִ֣י הִזָּהֵ֑ר עֲשׂ֨וֹת סְפָרִ֤ים הַרְבֵּה֙ אֵ֣ין קֵ֔ץ וְלַ֥הַג הַרְבֵּ֖ה יְגִעַ֥ת בָּשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* and excess more than.them my.child my be.warned to.make books many there.\[is\].not an.end and study much \[is\].weariness of.flesh

*JPS 1917:* And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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