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title: עָגַב — have inordinate affection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגַב (5689), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: have inordinate affection. BDB 1906: vb. have inordinate affection, lust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגַב

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«עָגַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **have inordinate affection** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5689 · **BDB:** עָגַב

### Glosses

she (2); she.lusted (2); lovers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

have inordinate affection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5689/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. have inordinate affection, lust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5689/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. have inordinate affection, lust (cf. Arabic عَجِبَ wonder, admire, عَجِيبٌ beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in NH) LevyNHWB iii. 616);— Pf. 3 fs. עָֽגְבָה Ez 23:7, 9, 12; Impf. 3 fs. וַתַּעְגַּב v 5, + v 16 Kt (Qr וַתַּעְגְּבָה), וַתַּעְגְּבַה v 20 (Ew§ 191 c Ol§ 228 b); Pt. pl. עֹגְבִים Je 4:30;—lust after (עַל־), only in fig. of relations of Samaria and Jerus. (personif.) with foreigners Ez 23:5, 9, 12, 16, 20, so c. acc. v 7; pt. as subst. paramours Je 4:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָגַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5689/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.5/)

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וַתִּ֥זֶן אָהֳלָ֖ה תַּחְתָּ֑י וַתַּעְגַּב֙ עַֽל־מְאַהֲבֶ֔יהָ אֶל־אַשּׁ֖וּר קְרוֹבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and she.acted.as.a.prostitute Oholah under me and she.lusted on lovers her to Assyria \[were\].warriors

*JPS 1917:* And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

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[Ezekiel 23:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.9/)

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לָכֵ֥ן נְתַתִּ֖יהָ בְּיַד־מְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָ בְּיַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָגְבָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* therefore I gave.her in the.hand of her.lovers in the.hand of.the.people of.Assyria whom she.had.lusted on them

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

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