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title: עֻזָּא — Uzza · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֻזָּא (5798), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Uzza. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֻזָּא

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«עֻזָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Uzza** — 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:** 5798 · **BDB:** עֻזָּא

### Glosses

Uzzah (7); of.Uzzah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Uzza [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5798/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5798/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Οζα, Αζα: driver of the ark 2 S 6:3 = עֻזָּה v 6, 7, 8 = עֻזָּא 1 Ch 13:7, 9, 10, 11. in גַּן־עֻזָּא burial-place of Manasseh and Amon 2 K 21:18, 26 (ע׳ perhaps = עֻזִּיָּה, cf. StaG i. 569, ii. 679 Kit). Benjamite name 1 Ch 8:7. head of family of returned exiles Ezr 2:49 = Ne 7:51.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֻזָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5798/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.49/)

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בְּנֵי־עֻזָּ֥א בְנֵי־פָסֵ֖חַ בְּנֵ֥י בֵסָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Uzzah the.descendants of.Paseah the.descendants of.Besai

*JPS 1917:* the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai;

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[Nehemiah 7:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.51/)

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בְּנֵי־גַזָּ֥ם בְּנֵי־עֻזָּ֖א בְּנֵ֥י פָסֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Gazzam the.descendants of.Uzzah the.descendants of.Paseah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah;

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