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title: עַוִּים — Avim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוִּים (5757), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Avim. BDB 1906: n.pr. gent. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוִּים

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«עַוִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Avim** — 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:** 5757 · **BDB:** עַוִּים

### Glosses

Avvites (2); Avvite\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Avim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5757/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. gent. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5757/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. gent. הָע׳ people on SW. coast of Mediterr. before the כַּפְתֹּרִים (q.v.) came Dt 2:23, and remaining thereafter Jos 13:3 (D2), 𝔊 Ευαιοι. loc. הָע׳ city in Benj. Jos 18:23 (= הָעַי?) 𝔊 Αιειν, Αυειμ.—Vid. also \[עַוִּי\] supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַוִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5757/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 2:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.23/)

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וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בַּחֲצֵרִ֖ים עַד־עַזָּ֑ה כַּפְתֹּרִים֙ הַיֹּצְאִ֣ים מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר הִשְׁמִידֻ֖ם וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the Avvites \[who were\].dwelling in villages to Gaza \[the\].Caphtorites \[who\].came forth from Caphtor they destroyed.them and they.dwelt in place.of.them

*JPS 1917:* and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. —

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[2 Kings 17:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.31/)

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וְהָעַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְאֶת־תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְהַסְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֱלֹהֵ֥י סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and the Avvites they.made Nibhaz and (et) Tartak and the Sepharvites \[were\].burning (et) children their in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the.gods of.Sepharvaim

*JPS 1917:* and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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