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title: עָוֶל — injustice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָוֶל (5766), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: injustice. BDB 1906: n.m. injustice, unrighteousness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָוֶל

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«עָוֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **injustice** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5766 · **BDB:** עָ֫וֶל

### Glosses

injustice (10); unrighteousness (8); (of).injustice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

injustice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5766/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. injustice, unrighteousness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5766/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. injustice, unrighteousness (opp. צְדָקָה);—ע׳ Lv 19:15 +; cstr. עֶ֫וֶל Ez 28:18 (van d. H. עָוֶל, but v. Baer Ginsb); sf. עַוְלוֹ 18:26; 33:13;—עשׂה עול Lv 19:15, 35 (H) Dt 25:16; Ez 3:20; 18:24, 26(×2); 33:13(×2), 15, 18; פעל ע׳ Jb 34:32; הִתְעִיבוּ ע׳ ψ 53:2 (‖ עֲלִילָה 14:2); שׁפט ע׳ 82:2; אישׁ ע׳ Pr 29:27; ע׳ בְּכַפַּי ψ 7:4; מצא ע׳ בְּ Je 2:5, read prob. also Ez 28:15 (for MT עולתה); מע׳ ישׁיב ידוֹ 18:8; בְּעֶוֶל רְכֻלָּֽתְךָ 28:18; of God, אין עול (‖ אֱמוּנָה) Dt 32:4; חָלִלָה מע׳ Jb 34:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (28 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָוֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5766/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 82:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.82.2/)

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עַד־מָתַ֥י תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־עָ֑וֶל וּפְנֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תִּשְׂאוּ־סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* until when? will.you.judge injustice and.\[the\] face of.wicked.\[people\] will.you.lift.up Selah

*JPS 1917:* 'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked?

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[Proverbs 29:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.27/)

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תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[is\].an.abomination of.righteous.\[people\] a.person of.injustice and.\[is\] an.abomination of.\[the\].wicked a.\[person\].upright of.way

*JPS 1917:* An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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