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title: עַוָּל — unjust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוָּל (5767), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: unjust. BDB 1906: n.m. unjust, unrighteous one. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוָּל

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«עַוָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **unjust** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5767 · **BDB:** עַוָּל

### Glosses

an.unjust.person (3); of.\[the\].unjust.person (1); of.an.unjust.person (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

unjust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5767/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. unjust, unrighteous one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5767/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. unjust, unrighteous one;—especially of oppressive ruler Zp 3:5; Jb 18:21; 27:7 (‖ רָשָׁע), 29:17; 31:3 (‖ פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן); prob. also 16:11 (for MT עֲוִיל, so Di; ‖ רְשָׁעִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַוָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5767/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.21/)

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אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* surely these \[are\].the.dwelling.places of.an.unjust.person and this \[is.the\].place of.\[one.who\].not he.knows God

*JPS 1917:* Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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[Job 27:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.7/)

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יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* may.he.be like a.wicked.\[person\] enemy my and \[one who\].raises.himself.against.me like an.unjust.person

*JPS 1917:* Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

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