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title: עַוָּתָה — subversion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוָּתָה (5792), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: subversion. BDB 1906: n.f. subversion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוָּתָה

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«עַוָּתָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **subversion** — 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:** 5792 · **BDB:** עַוָּתָה

### Glosses

oppression (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

subversion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5792/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. subversion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5792/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. subversion, i.e. deprivation of justice;—sf. עַוָּתָתִי La 3:59 (opp. מִשְׁפָּטִי).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַוָּתָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5792/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.59/)

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רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

*Word for word:* you.have.seen O.Yahweh oppression my judge judgment my

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.

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