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title: עוּז — take refuge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּז (5756), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: take refuge. BDB 1906: vb. take seek refuge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּז

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«עוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **take refuge** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5756 · **BDB:** עוּז

### Glosses

bring.to.safety (3); he.sought.safety (1); reach.safety (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

take refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5756/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. take seek refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5756/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. take or seek refuge (Arabic عوذ, عَاذَ take refuge, seek protection, مَعَاذٌ a refuge);— Inf. cstr. לָעוֹז בְּמָעוֹז Is 30:2 (‖ לַחְסוֹת בְּ). bring into safety, Pf. 3 mpl. הֵעִ֫יזוּ Is 10:31, obj. om., and so Imv. mpl. הָעִ֫יזוּ Je 4:6, הָעִ֫זוּ מִקֶּרֶב 6:1; c. acc., ms. הָעֵז Ex 9:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5756/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.31/)

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נָדְדָ֖ה מַדְמֵנָ֑ה יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַגֵּבִ֖ים הֵעִֽיזוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.has.fled Madmenah the.inhabitants of.(the) Gebim they.have.brought.to.safety

*JPS 1917:* Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.

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[Jeremiah 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.6/)

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שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס צִיּ֔וֹנָה הָעִ֖יזוּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ כִּ֣י רָעָ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא מִצָּפ֖וֹן וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* lift.up a.standard to Zion bring.to.safety do.not stand.still (dm) calamity I \[am\].about.to.bring from.\[the\] north and destruction great

*JPS 1917:* Set up a standard toward Zion; put yourselves under covert, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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