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title: עָוַל — act wrongfully · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָוַל (5765), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: act wrongfully. BDB 1906: vb. denom. act wrongfully. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָוַל

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«עָוַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **act wrongfully** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5765 · **BDB:** עָוַל

### Glosses

he.acts.unjustly (1); of.\[one.who\].acts.unjustly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

act wrongfully [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5765/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. act wrongfully [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5765/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (Gerber31) act wrongfully;— Impf. 3 ms. יְעַוֵּל Is 26:10 (opp. נְכֹחוֹת); Pt. מְעַוֵּל ψ 71:4 (+ חוֹמֵץ, ‖ רָשָׁע).

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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 (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָוַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5765/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.4/)

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אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי מִיַּ֣ד רָשָׁ֑ע מִכַּ֖ף מְעַוֵּ֣ל וְחוֹמֵץ׃

*Word for word:* my.God my deliver me from.\[the\] hand of.\[the\].wicked from.\[the\] palm of.\[one.who\].acts.unjustly and \[one.who.is\].ruthless

*JPS 1917:* O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

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[Isaiah 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.10/)

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יֻחַ֤ן רָשָׁע֙ בַּל־לָמַ֣ד צֶ֔דֶק בְּאֶ֥רֶץ נְכֹח֖וֹת יְעַוֵּ֑ל וּבַל־יִרְאֶ֖ה גֵּא֥וּת יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he.is.shown.favor \[the\].wicked not he.learns righteousness in a.land of.straightforwardness(es) he.acts.unjustly and not he.sees the.majesty of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

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