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title: עַוָּה — distortion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוָּה (5754), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: distortion. BDB 1906: n.f. distortion, ruin Pi. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוָּה

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«עַוָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **distortion** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5754 · **BDB:** עַוָּה

### Glosses

a.ruin (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distortion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5754/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. distortion, ruin Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5754/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. distortion, ruin;—עַוָּה עַוָּה עַוָּה אֲשִׂימֶנָּה Ez 21:32 (cf. √ Pi. Is 24:1).

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַוָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5754/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.32/)

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עַוָּ֥ה עַוָּ֖ה עַוָּ֣ה אֲשִׂימֶ֑נָּה גַּם־זֹאת֙ לֹ֣א הָיָ֔ה עַד־בֹּ֛א אֲשֶׁר־ל֥וֹ הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט וּנְתַתִּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* a.ruin a.ruin a.ruin I will.make.it also this not it.will.be until comes \[the.one\].whom \[belongs\].to him the judgment and I will.give.it

*JPS 1917:* A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, will I make it; this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him.

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