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title: עָגוּר — crane · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגוּר (5693), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: crane. BDB 1906: crane. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגוּר

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«עָגוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crane** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5693 · **BDB:** עָגוּר

### Glosses

a.crane (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crane [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5693/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

crane [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5693/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] appar. understood by Mass. as name of a bird; very uncertain; crane according to Saad. (Is), but note of crane not suitable (TristrNHB 239 f.);—וְתוֹר וְסוּס וְעָגוּר Je 8:7; כְּסוּס עָגוּר Is 38:14 (but here gloss Klo Brd Di Dn CheHpt); Thes and (in Je) Hi Gf Gie del. וְ and take ע׳ as adj. of סוס = twittering or the like; Thes assumes transpos. from גער, Ethiopic ግዕረ: cry.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָגוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5693/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.14/)

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כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* like a.swallow a.crane so I.chirp I.moan like (the) dove they.are.low eyes my to the height\[s\] Lord my oppression \[belongs\].to me stand surety.for.me

*JPS 1917:* Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.

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[Jeremiah 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.7/)

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גַּם־חֲסִידָ֣ה בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם יָֽדְעָה֙ מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ וְתֹ֤ר וְסִיס֙ וְעָג֔וּרשָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת־עֵ֣ת בֹּאָ֑נָה וְעַמִּ֕י לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ אֵ֖ת מִשְׁפַּ֥ט יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* also a.stork in the heavens it.knows times its.appointed and a.turtle-dove and a.swift and a.crane they.keep (et) the.time of their.coming and people my not they.know (et) the.ordinance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.

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