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title: עָצַב — shape · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצַב (6087), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shape. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. shape, fashion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצַב

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«עָצַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shape** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6087 · **BDB:** עָצַב²

### Glosses

form (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shape [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6087/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. shape, fashion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6087/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. shape, fashion (NH Pi. stretch child into shape; BuhlLex cp. عَضَبَ cut, cut off \[whence idea of carving, fashioning\]);— Pf. יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַיַּעֲשׂוּנִי Jb 10:8 thy hands shaped me, etc. Inf. cstr. לְהַעֲצִבָה Je 44:19, but rd. -בָהּ, to fashion her, i.e. make images of her (poss. denom. from עָצָב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6087/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.8/)

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יָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* hands your they formed.me and they made.me together all.around and you have.swallowed.me

*JPS 1917:* Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!

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[Jeremiah 44:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.19/)

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וְכִֽי־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ עָשִׂ֨ינוּ לָ֤הּ כַּוָּנִים֙ לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and (dm) we \[were\].making.smoke to the.queen of the.heavens and to pour.out to her drink.offerings ? (from) without husbands our did.we.make for her cakes to form her and to.pour.out to her drink.offerings

*JPS 1917:* And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'

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