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title: עוּב — becloud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּב (5743), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: becloud. BDB 1906: vb.denom. becloud. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּב

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«עוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **becloud** — 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:** 5743 · **BDB:** עוּב

### Glosses

he.covers.with.a.cloud (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

becloud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5743/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. becloud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5743/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. becloud, Impf. 3 ms. יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ אֲדֹנָי אֶת־בַּת־צִיּוֹן La 2:1 (Bu הֵעִיב).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5743/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.2.1/)

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אֵיכָה֩ יָעִ֨יב בְּאַפּ֤וֹ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת־בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן הִשְׁלִ֤יךְ מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔רֶץ תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹא־זָכַ֥ר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* how! he.covers.with.a.cloud in anger his Lord \[the\] (et) the.daughter of.Zion he.has.thrown from heaven earth the.splendor of.Israel and not he.has.remembered the.footstool his.feet his in the.day his.anger his

*JPS 1917:* How hath the Lord covered with a cloud the daughter of Zion in His anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.

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