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title: עָצָה — shut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצָה (6095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shut. BDB 1906: vb. shut. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצָה

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«עָצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut** — 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:** 6095 · **BDB:** עָצָה

### Glosses

\[one.who\].shuts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut (Ar. (و et ى) غَضَا iv. shut eyes; Ethiopic ዐጸወ shut door);— Pt. act. עֹצֶה עֵינָיו Pr 16:30 he that shuts his eyes (SS cp. עצּם \[Is 29:10\], which Gr reads).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.30/)

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עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָיו לַחְשֹׁ֣ב תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת קֹרֵ֥ץ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו כִּלָּ֥ה רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].shuts eyes his \[is\].to devise perverse.things \[one.who\].purses lips his he.accomplishes evil

*JPS 1917:* He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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