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title: עוּגָב — reed-instrument · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּגָב (5748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: reed-instrument. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּגָב

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«עוּגָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reed-instrument** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5748 · **BDB:** עוּגָב

### Glosses

flute (3); of.a.flute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reed-instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5748/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5748/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a musical instr. (poss. from above √, because of sensuous or appealing tones);—Gn 4:21 (J; + כִּנּוֹר), Jb 21:12 (‖ תֹּף, כִּנּוֹר), ψ 150:4 (+ מִנִּים), sf. עֻגָבִי Jb 30:31 (‖ כִּנֹּרִי);—according to 𝔗 a reed-pipe or flute (אַבּוּבָא), 𝔙 a Pan’s pipe (organon, made up of several reeds together); NowArch. i. 277 BenzArch. 276 think of bag-pipe (= סוּמְפֹּנְיָה Dn 3:5, 10, 15), cf. also in Weψψ Eng.Tr. 219; \> a stringed instr. 𝔊 𝔖 (Gn 4:21).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּגָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.12/)

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יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃

*Word for word:* they.lift according to.tambourine and harp and they.rejoice to.\[the\] sound of.a.flute

*JPS 1917:* They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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[Job 30:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.31/)

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וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.has.become (into) mourning harp my and flute my (into).\[the\] sound of.\[those.who\].weep

*JPS 1917:* Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

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