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title: עִוְעִים — distorting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִוְעִים (5773), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: distorting. BDB 1906: n.pl.abstr. distorting, warping. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִוְעִים

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«עִוְעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **distorting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5773 · **BDB:** עִוְעִים

### Glosses

of.confusion(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distorting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5773/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.abstr. distorting, warping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5773/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.abstr. distorting, warping (for \*עַוְעֲוִים);—רוּחַ עִוְעִים Is 19:14 temper of distorting, i.e. warped judgment.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִוְעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5773/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.14/)

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יְהוָ֛ה מָסַ֥ךְ בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ ר֣וּחַ עִוְעִ֑ים וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he.has.mixed in midst its a.spirit of.confusion(s) and they.have.misled (et) Egypt in every deed its as is.made.to.stagger a.drunkard in vomit his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

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