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title: אָבַךְ — turn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבַךְ (55), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: turn. BDB 1906: vb. turn. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבַךְ

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«אָבַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turn** — 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:** 55 · **BDB:** אָבַךְ

### Glosses

they.have.swirled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/55/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. turn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/55/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. turn (?) (cf. Assyrian abâku DlW = הָפַךְ; Thes MV al. compare בוך) וַיִּתְאַבְּכוּ Is 9:17, roll, roll up, as volume of smoke (of Isr. under fig. of thickets of forest) v. De \& cf. הִתִהַפֵּךְ Ju 7:3.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/55/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.17/)

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כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֤ה כָאֵשׁ֙ רִשְׁעָ֔ה שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תֹּאכֵ֑ל וַתִּצַּת֙ בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י הַיַּ֔עַר וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ גֵּא֥וּת עָשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.has.burned like (the) fire wickedness thorn\[s\] and bush\[es\] it.consumes and it.has.kindled (in).the thickets of the.forest and they.have.swirled a.rising.up of.smoke

*JPS 1917:* For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.

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