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title: עָבַת — wind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָבַת (5686), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wind. BDB 1906: vb. wind, weave. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָבַת

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«עָבַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wind** — 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:** 5686 · **BDB:** עָבַת

### Glosses

they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5686/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wind, weave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5686/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wind, weave (cf. derivatives);—Impf. 3 mpl. sf. וַיְעַבְּתוּהָ Mi 7:3 and (so) they wind it (or weave it; i.e. mischief); so Hi Che GASm, but dub.; Ew reads עָבַט = twist, pervert (cp. Jo 2:7, but v. עבט), We וַיְעַוְּתוּהָ = id., cf. Now (?), Dr.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָבַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5686/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.3/)

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עַל־הָרַ֤ע כַּפַּ֙יִם֙ לְהֵיטִ֔יב הַשַּׂ֣ר שֹׁאֵ֔ל וְהַשֹּׁפֵ֖ט בַּשִׁלּ֑וּםוְהַגָּד֗וֹל דֹּבֵ֨ר הַוַּ֥ת נַפְשׁ֛וֹ ה֖וּא וַֽיְעַבְּתֽוּהָ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].on (the) evil both.hands to do.\[it\].well the official \[is\].asking and the judge for (the) bribe and the.great \[person\] \[is\].speaking the.desire his.self his he and they weave.it

*JPS 1917:* Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

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