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title: עֶבְרָה — overflow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶבְרָה (5678), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: overflow. BDB 1906: n.f. overflow, arrogance, fury. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶבְרָה

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«עֶבְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overflow** — 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:** 34 times · **Key:** 5678 · **BDB:** עֶבְרָה

### Glosses

fury (7); wrath (6); my.wrath (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overflow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5678/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. overflow, arrogance, fury [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5678/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. overflow, arrogance, fury;—abs. ע׳ Is 13:9 +; cstr. עֶבְרַת Zp 1:18 +; sf. עֶבְרָתִי Is 10:6 +, etc.; pl. עֲבָרוֹת Jb 21:30; cstr. עַבְרוֹת ψ 7:7 Jb 40:11;— overflow, excess, outburst, ע׳ זָדוֹן Pr 21:24 excess of insolence; עַבְרוֹת אַפֶּ֑ךָ Jb 40:11 outbursts of thine anger. arrogance, of Moab Is 16:6 (+ גַּאֲוָה, גָּאוֹן), hence Je 48:30 (+ id. v 29). overflowing rage, fury: of men, Gn 49:7 (poem in J), Am 1:11 (both ‖ אַף), Is 14:6 Pr 14:35, שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ 22:8 (i.e. rod wielded by him in fury, v. also La 3:1 infr.), עַבְרוֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י ψ 7:7 the outbursts of fury of my foes. of י׳ Ho 5:10; 13:11 (‖ אַף), Hb 3:8 (‖ id.), Is 9:18 La 2:2 ψ 90:9, 11; + חֲרוֹן אַף Is 13:9, ‖ id. v 13 ψ 78:49 (+ זַעַם), 85:4; אֵשׁ עֶבְרָתִי Ez 21:36 (‖ זַעַם), 22:31 (‖ id.), v 21; 38:19; שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ La 3:1 (cf. Pr 22:8 supr.); עַם עֶבְרָתִי Is 10:6 (i.e. obj. of my rage), cf. דּוֹר עֶבְרָתוֹ Je 7:29; יוֹם עֶבְרַת י׳ Zp 1:18 day of י׳’s fury (coming judgment), so Ez 7:19 (del. Co Berthol, after 𝔊, as gloss from Zp); so יוֹם עֶבְרָה Zp 1:15 Pr 11:4; יוֹם עֲבָרוֹת Jb 21:30; cf. עֶבְרָה Pr 11:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶבְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5678/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.23/)

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תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].desire of.righteous.\[people\] only \[is\].good \[the\].hope of.wicked.\[people\] \[is\].fury

*JPS 1917:* The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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[Psalms 85:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.4/)

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אָסַ֥פְתָּ כָל־עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָ מֵחֲר֥וֹן אַפֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.withdrew all fury your you.turned.back from the.burning your.anger your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

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