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title: עִצָּבוֹן — pain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִצָּבוֹן (6093), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pain. BDB 1906: pain, toil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִצָּבוֹן

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«עִצָּבוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pain** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6093 · **BDB:** עִצָּבוֹן

### Glosses

pain (2); the.pain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6093/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pain, toil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6093/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pain, toil;—ע׳ abs. Gn 3:17 toil; cstr. עִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ 5:29 (both of agriculture); sf. עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ 3:16 (of travail; all J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִצָּבוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6093/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.16/)

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אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הַרְבָּ֤ה אַרְבֶּה֙ עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ בְּעֶ֖צֶב תֵּֽלְדִ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ וְה֖וּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* to the woman he.said greatly.(increase) I.will.increase pain your and pregnancy your with pain you.will.bear children and \[will.be\].to husband your desire your and he he.will.rule over you

*JPS 1917:* Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'

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[Genesis 5:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.5.29/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֶת־שְׁמ֛וֹ נֹ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֞֠ה יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן יָדֵ֔ינוּ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.called (et) name his Noah (cmp) this.\[one\] he will.comfort.us from work our and from the.pain our.hands our from the ground which he has.cursed.it Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'

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