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title: אַמְצָה — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַמְצָה (556), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: strength. BDB 1906: n.f. strength. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַמְצָה

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«אַמְצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strength** — 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:** 556 · **BDB:** אַמְצָה

### Glosses

\[are\].strength (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/556/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/556/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. strength, fig. Zc 12:5, but sense difficult, cf. WRZech. p. 585; StaZAW 1881, 34 proposes אֶמְצְאָה לְיוֹשְׁבֵי (after 𝔊 𝔗) may I be sufficient for.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «אַמְצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/556/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.5/)

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וְאָֽמְר֛וּ אַלֻּפֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּלִבָּ֑ם אַמְצָ֥ה לִי֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם בַּיהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.say the.chiefs of.Judah in heart their \[are\].strength my the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem by Yahweh of.hosts God their

*JPS 1917:* And the chiefs of Judah shall say in their heart: 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength through the LORD of hosts their God.'

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