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title: מַכְאוֹב — pain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַכְאוֹב (4341), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: pain. BDB 1906: n.m. pain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַכְאוֹב

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«מַכְאוֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pain** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 4341 · **BDB:** מַכְאוֹב

### Glosses

pain (9); pains (3); \[are\].pains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4341/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4341/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 32:10 pain;—מ׳ abs. Ec 1:18 + 2 times; cstr. ψ 69:27; sf. מַכְאוֹבִי (מַכְאֹבִי) ψ 38:18 + 3 times, etc.; pl. מַכְאוֹבִים ψ 32:10 Ec 2:23; מַכְאֹבוֹת Is 53:3; sf. מַכְאֹבָיו Ex 3:7; מַכְאֹבֵינוּ Is 53:4;— pain, physical, Ex 3:7 (‖ עֳנִי; cf. מִפְּנֵי נֹגְשָׂיו in context); 2 Ch 6:29 (‖ נֶגַע); Jb 33:19. of mental pain, ψ 32:10 (of troubles of wicked), of Babylon Je 51:8; ψ 38:18; 69:27 (as result of sin; of י׳’s servant); in י׳’s word to Baruch Je 45:3 (‖ יָגוֹן, אֲנָחָה), cf. of Israel in distress Je 30:15 (‖ שֵׁבֶר), of Jerus. La 1:12(×2), 18, Ec 1:18 (יוֹסִיף דַּעַת יוֹסִיף מַכ׳); 2:23 (‖ כַּעַם עִנְיָנוֹ); partic. of suffering servant of י׳ Is 53:3, 4 (both ‖ חֳלִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַכְאוֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4341/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.18/)

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כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי לְצֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I for stumbling \[am\].prepared and pain my \[is\].before me continually

*JPS 1917:* For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

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[Psalms 69:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.27/)

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כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֣יתָ רָדָ֑פוּ וְאֶל־מַכְא֖וֹב חֲלָלֶ֣יךָ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you \[those\].whom you.struck they.have.harassed and concerning the.pain of your.fatally.wounded.\[ones\] they.have.recounted

*JPS 1917:* For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.

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