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title: עוּשׁ — lend aid · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּשׁ (5789), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lend aid. BDB 1906: vb. lend aid, come to help. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּשׁ

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«עוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lend aid** — 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:** 5789 · **BDB:** עוּשׁ

### Glosses

hurry (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lend aid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5789/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lend aid, come to help [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5789/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. si vera l., lend aid, come to help (Arabic غَاثَ iv. aid, succour; Sab. עֿותֿ n. help, Sab Denkm 91; Nab. Sin. עות in n.pr. Lzb 337 Cook 90);— Imv. mpl. עוּשׁוּ וָבֹאוּ Jo 4:11 but dub.; Gr Dr, plausibly, חוּשׁוּ; Che Expos., Nov. 1897, 365 גְּשׁוּ (√ נגשׁ); עוּרוּ We Now.

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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 (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5789/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.11/)

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ע֣וּשׁוּ וָבֹ֧אוּ כָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ שָׁ֕מָּה הַֽנְחַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* hurry and come O.all the nations from round.about and they.will.gather there (to) bring.down O.Yahweh your warriors

*JPS 1917:* Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together; thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD!

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