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title: עַוָּה — Ava · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוָּה (5755), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ava. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוָּה

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«עַוָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ava** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5755 · **BDB:** עַוָּה²

### Glosses

Ivvah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ava [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5755/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5755/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city conquered by Assyrians;—עַוָּה 2 K 17:24 (van d. H. עַוָּא) = עִוָּה 18:34; 19:13 = Is 37:13; 𝔊 Αια(ν), Ανα, and (2 K 19:13) Ουδου, A Αυτα, 𝔊L Αιναγ, etc.; site in N. Syria WklAlttest. Unters. 102 f. Benz; SachauZA xii (1897), 48 proposes Emma (Tab. Pent.) = Ἴμμα Ptol v. 15(×2), mod. ʿImm betw. Antioch and Aleppo.—i. עַוָּה v. sub I. עוה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1506/5755/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 37:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.13/)

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אַיֵּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־חֲמָת֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַרְפָּ֔ד וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* where? \[is\].the.king of.Hamath and the.king of.Arpad and the.king of.Lair Sepharvaim Hena and Ivvah

*JPS 1917:* Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'

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[2 Kings 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.13/)

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אַיּ֤וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־חֲמָת֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַרְפָּ֔ד וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* where.\[is\] he? the.king of.Hamath and the.king of.Arpad and the.king of.Lair Sepharvaim Hena and Ivvah

*JPS 1917:* Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'

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