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title: עָסַס — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָסַס (6072), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, crush tread down. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָסַס

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«עָסַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — 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:** 6072 · **BDB:** עָסַס

### Glosses

you.will.tread.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6072/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, crush tread down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6072/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, crush, by treading, tread down (NH עֲסִיסִית crushed wheat; cf. Arabic عَسَّ go the rounds, \[tramp\], prowl; Syriac ܥܰܣ explore, v. Brockelmann);— Pf. 2 mpl. fig. וְעַסּוֹתֶם רְשָׁעִים Mal 3:21 (consec.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָסַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6072/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Malachi 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.3.21/)

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וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם רְשָׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־יִהְי֣וּ אֵ֔פֶר תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֣וֹת רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם בַּיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* and you.will.tread.down wicked.\[people\] (dm) they.will.be ash\[es\] under the.soles your.feet your on the day when I \[will.be\].acting he.says Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.

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