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title: עַלְוָה — injustice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַלְוָה (5932), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: injustice. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַלְוָה

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«עַלְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **injustice** — 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:** 5932 · **BDB:** עַלְוָה

### Glosses

of.injustice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

injustice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5932/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** transp. from עַוְלָה (q.v.) Ho 10:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַלְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5932/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.9/)

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מִימֵי֙ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה חָטָ֖אתָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל שָׁ֣ם עָמָ֔דוּ לֹֽא־תַשִּׂיגֵ֧ם בַּגִּבְעָ֛ה מִלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י עַֽלְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* since the.days of.(the) Gibeah you.have.sinned O.Israel there they.have.remained not will it.overtake.them? in (the) Gibeah war on sons of.injustice

*JPS 1917:* From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel; there they stood; no battle was to overtake them in Gibeah, nor the children of arrogancy.

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