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title: עַצָּבָה — hurt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַצָּבָה (6094), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: hurt. BDB 1906: n.f. hurt, injury, pain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַצָּבָה

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«עַצָּבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hurt** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6094 · **BDB:** עַצֶּ֫בֶה

### Glosses

sorrow (2); pains (1); sorrows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hurt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6094/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hurt, injury, pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6094/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hurt, injury, pain;—עַצָּ֑בֶת Pr 10:10 he that winketh with the eye causeth hurt (stirs up strife, etc.); cstr. עַצְּבַת־לֵב pain of heart 15:13 (opp. לֵב שָׂמֵחַ); pl. sf. עַצְּבֹתָ֑י Jb 9:28 my pains, so rd. perhaps also 7:15 (for MT עַצְמוֹתָ֑י); עַצְּבוֹתָם ψ 16:4 (due to idolatry; \> idols 𝔗 𝔙 We al.); מְחַבֵּשׁ לְע׳ 147:3 binding up their hurts.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַצָּבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6094/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.10/)

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קֹ֣רֵֽץעַ֭יִן יִתֵּ֣ן עַצָּ֑בֶת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].winks an.eye he.gives sorrow and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

*JPS 1917:* He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.

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[Job 9:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.28/)

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יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.am.afraid.of all pains my I.know (dm).that not you will.acquit.me

*JPS 1917:* I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.

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