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title: עָמַס — load · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמַס (6006), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: load. BDB 1906: vb. load carry load. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמַס

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«עָמַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **load** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6006 · **BDB:** עָמַס

### Glosses

he.loaded (3); \[are\].carried (1); \[those (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

load [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6006/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. load carry load [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6006/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. load. carry a load (NH id.; Ph. עמס carry; cf. poss. Arabic عَمِسَ gravis et obscurus fuit dies (Frey));— Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּעֲמֹס Gn 44:13, יַעֲמָס־ ψ 68:20; Pt. act. עֹמְסִים Ne 13:15; עֹמְשִׂים 4:11 (but v. infr.); sf. עֹמְסֶיהָ Zc 12:3; pass. עֲמֻסִים Is 46:3, עֲמוּסוֹת v 1;— load (obj. om.) upon (עַל) ass Gn 44:13 (E), Ne 13:15; so abs. 4:11, lit., si vera l. (v. Be-Ry Ryle); but read prob. חֲמֻשִׁים RyKau. carry a load ψ 68:20 (י׳, for (ל) his people), carry as a load Zc 12:3 (fig.), pass. Is 46:1 (lit.), v 3 (fig.).\*

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָמַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6006/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.20/)

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בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֮ י֤וֹם ׀ י֥וֹם יַֽעֲמָס־לָ֗נוּ הָ֘אֵ֤ל יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* \[be\].blessed Lord \[the\] day day he.carries.a.load for us (the) God salvation our Selah

*JPS 1917:* Blessed be the Lord, day by day He beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation.

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[Genesis 44:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.13/)

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וַֽיִּקְרְע֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙ אִ֣ישׁ עַל־חֲמֹר֔וֹ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ הָעִֽירָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.tore clothes their and he.loaded each.man on donkey his and they.went.back to the city

*JPS 1917:* And they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

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