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title: עָוַת — be bent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָוַת (5791), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: be bent. BDB 1906: vb. be bent, crooked. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָוַת

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«עָוַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be bent** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 5791 · **BDB:** עָוַת

### Glosses

does.he.pervert (2); he (2); \[that.which.is\].bent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be bent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be bent, crooked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bent, crooked (NH id., Pi. Nithp.; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa.; cf. ܥܰܬ, ܥܬܳܐ deceive PS 3008);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. עִוְּתָ֑נִי Jb 19:6, עִוְּתוֹ Ec 7:13; 3 pl. sf. עִוְּתוּנִי ψ 119:78; Impf. 3 ms. יְעַוֵּת ψ 146:9 Jb 8:3, יְעַוֶּת־ v 3; Inf. לְעַוֵּת Am 8:5 La 3:36;— a. make crooked = falsify, scales Am 8:5; pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Jb 8:3(×2); 34:12 (all God subj.); c. acc. pers. subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), לְע׳ אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ La 3:36, cf. ψ 119:78 (v.l. 119:61); so עִוְּתָנִי Jb 19:6 (י׳ subj.). bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים ψ 146:9 (י׳ subj.); in gen. Ec 7:13 (God subj.; opp. תִּקֵּן). Pt. מְעֻוָּת Ec 1:15 what is bent (opp. תְּקֹן). Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Ec 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָוַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.3/)

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הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

*Word for word:* ? God does.he.pervert justice and or? \[the\].Almighty does.he.pervert righteousness

*JPS 1917:* Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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[Job 34:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.12/)

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אַף־אָמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* also truly God not he.acts.wickedly and.\[the\] Almighty not he.perverts justice

*JPS 1917:* Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

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