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title: עַזָּה — Azzah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַזָּה (5804), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: Azzah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Gaza. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַזָּה

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«עַזָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azzah** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 5804 · **BDB:** עַזָּה

### Glosses

Gaza (16); of.Gaza (2); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azzah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Gaza [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian Ḫazzutu, etc., COTi. 97 DlPa 290, TelAm. Ḫazati, Azzati Wkl38\*; Egyptian Gaḏatu̥ WMMAs. u. Eur. 87, 96, 159, 392; 𝔊 Γαζα, so JosAnt. xiii. 5, 5, etc.; Herod. ii. 159; iii. 5 Κάδυτις);—Philistine city (mod. غَزَّة, Ghazze, Razze), c. Lat. 31° 3ˊ N, Long. 34° 28ˊ E. c. 50 miles WSW. from Jerus., near the sea (RobBR ii. 36 ff. GASmGeogr. 181 ff. BuhlGeogr. 190 f.), Ju 16:1, 21 (both עַזָּ֫תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, Gn 10:19 (J), Ju 6:4; 1 K 5:4; 2 K 18:8, cf. Dt 2:23; Jos 10:41 (D); also 11:22 (D), 15:47 (P), Ju 1:18; 1 S 6:17; Am 1:6, 7; Zp 2:4; Je 25:20; 47:1, 5; Zc 9:5(×2);—On commercial importance v. DHMB und S 989 GattZPV vii (1884), 1 ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff..—For עַזָּה 1 Ch 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q.v.), Be Oettli Kau KitHpt.; v. עַי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַזָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.7/)

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וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.send.forth a.fire on the.wall of.Gaza and it.will.consume fortresses its

*JPS 1917:* So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof;

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[Jeremiah 47:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/)

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בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

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