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title: עֻגָה — disc of bread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֻגָה (5692), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: disc of bread. BDB 1906: n.f. disc cake of bread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֻגָה

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«עֻגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **disc of bread** — 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:** 5692 · **BDB:** עֻגָה²

### Glosses

a.bread.cake (4); bread.cakes (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

disc of bread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5692/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. disc cake of bread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5692/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. disc or cake of bread;—abs. ע׳ Ho 7:8; 1 K 17:13, cstr. עֻגַת 19:6; Ez 4:12; pl. עֻגוֹת Gn 18:6; Nu 11:8; cstr. עֻגֹת Ex 12:39;—bread-cake, made of קֶמַח סֹלֶת Gn 18:6 (J), of קֶמַח 1 K 17:13, of manna Nu 11:8 (JE; vb. בִּשֵּׁל), of barley Ez 4:12 (sim.); unleavened, עֻגֹת מַצּוֹת Ex 12:39 (E; vb. אָפָה); ע׳ רְצָפִים 1 K 19:6 cake of hot-stones, i.e. baked on them; metaph. ע׳ בְּלִי הֲפוּכָה Ho 7:8 Ephr. is a cake not turned (i.e. burnt, ruined).—On ע׳ v. BenzArch. 85 f. NowArch. i. iii KennedyEncy. Bib.Bread and synonyms, Ib.Cake.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֻגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5692/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.8/)

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אֶפְרַ֕יִם בָּעַמִּ֖ים ה֣וּא יִתְבּוֹלָ֑ל אֶפְרַ֛יִם הָיָ֥ה עֻגָ֖ה בְּלִ֥י הֲפוּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Ephraim among the peoples he he.mixes.himself Ephraim he.has.become a.bread.cake not turned.over

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is become a cake not turned.

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[Ezekiel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.12/)

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וְעֻגַ֥ת שְׂעֹרִ֖ים תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּה וְהִ֗יא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ צֵאַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and a.bread.cake of.barley(s) you will.eat.it and it in the.dung(s) of.the.excrement of.(the) humankind you will.bake.it to eyes their

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'

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