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title: עֹצֶב — idol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹצֶב (6090), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: idol. BDB 1906: n.m. idol. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹצֶב

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«עֹצֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **idol** — 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:** 6090 · **BDB:** עֹ֫צֶב²

### Glosses

idol (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

idol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6090/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. idol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6090/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. idol;—sf. עָצְבִּי Is 48:5.

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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 (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹצֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6090/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 48:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.48.5/)

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וָאַגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ מֵאָ֔ז בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָ פֶּן־תֹּאמַר֙ עָצְבִּ֣י עָשָׂ֔ם וּפִסְלִ֥י וְנִסְכִּ֖י צִוָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.declared.\[them\] to you from then before it.came I proclaimed.to.you lest you.should.say idol my it did.them and my.carved image and my.molten image it commanded.them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I announced it to thee; lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'

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