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title: עָגַם — be grieved · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגַם (5701), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be grieved. BDB 1906: vb. be grieved. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגַם

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«עָגַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be grieved** — 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:** 5701 · **BDB:** עָגַם

### Glosses

was.it.grieved? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be grieved [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5701/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be grieved [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5701/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be grieved (NH id.; Aramaic עֲגַם, and ܥܓܡ (in Lexx.) id.; cf. perhaps also Assyrian agâmu, be vexed DlHWB 16 (rare; cited under אגם));— Pf. 3 fs. אִם־לֹא … עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיוֹן Jb 30:25 was not my soul grieved for the poor? (‖ בָּכִיתִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «עָגַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5701/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.25/)

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אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* (if)? not did.I.weep for.\[the\] hard of.day was.it.grieved? self my for the.needy \[person\]

*JPS 1917:* If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.

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