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title: עֱנוּת — affliction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֱנוּת (6039), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: affliction. BDB 1906: n.f. affliction. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֱנוּת

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«עֱנוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **affliction** — 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:** 6039 · **BDB:** עֱנוּת

### Glosses

\[the\].affliction (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

affliction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6039/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. affliction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6039/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. affliction;—ψ 22:25; CheJBL xv (1896), 198 proposes צַעֲקַת cry \[cf. 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗\], (צ dropped out after ץ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «עֱנוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6039/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.25/)

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כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֪א שִׁקַּ֡ץ עֱנ֬וּת עָנִ֗י וְלֹא־הִסְתִּ֣יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּֽבְשַׁוְּע֖וֹ אֵלָ֣יו שָׁמֵֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not he.has.despised and not he.has.detested \[the\].affliction of.an.afflicted.\[person\] and not he.has.hidden face his from him and when he cried.for.help to him he.heard

*JPS 1917:* For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor; neither hath He hid His face from him; but when he cried unto Him, He heard.'

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