---
title: עַיִשׁ — Great Bear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַיִשׁ (5906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Great Bear. BDB 1906: n.f. Great Bear. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5906.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-3.md)‎ / עַיִשׁ‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# עַיִשׁ

<!-- .meta -->
«עַיִשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Great Bear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5906 · **BDB:** עַ֫יִשׁ

### Glosses

Bear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Great Bear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. Great Bear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5906/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a constellation, perhaps Great Bear (cf. especially Di) (point perhaps עִיֻּשׁ (v. Bu and reff.), cf. Syriac ܥܺܝܽܘܬܳܐ PS2866, ܥܝܽܘܬܳܐ Brock., name of a star);—וְע׳ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ Jb 38:32 = עָשׁ 9:9 (both + כִּימָה, כְּסִיל etc.).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 38:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.32/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* will you.lead.out? \[the\].constellations at its.appropriate time and.\[the\] Bear with ones its.young will you.guide.them?

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [עִיר־נָחָשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5904.md)
- next →: [עַיַּת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d9_5b7_5bc_5ea.md)
- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-3.md)