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title: אֶכֶף — pressure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶכֶף (405), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pressure. BDB 1906: n.m. pressure. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶכֶף

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«אֶכֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pressure** — 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:** 405 · **BDB:** אֶ֫כֶף

### Glosses

pressure (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pressure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/405/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pressure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/405/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. pressure, sf. אַכְפִּי Jb 33:7 (𝔊 al. rd. כַּפִּי cf. 13:21, but cf. Di).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶכֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/405/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 33:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.7/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹא־יִכְבָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* here! of.me dread not it will.terrify.you and pressure my on you not it.will.be.heavy

*JPS 1917:* Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

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