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title: עָצֶה — spine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצֶה (6096), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spine. BDB 1906: spine os sacrum. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצֶה

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«עָצֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spine** — 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:** 6096 · **BDB:** עָצֶה

### Glosses

backbone (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6096/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spine os sacrum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6096/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] either spine or os sacrum, bone close to fat-tail, הֶע׳ Lv 3:9.

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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 «עָצֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6096/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.3.9/)

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וְהִקְרִ֨יב מִזֶּ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַיהוָה֒ חֶלְבּוֹ֙ הָאַלְיָ֣ה תְמִימָ֔ה לְעֻמַּ֥ת הֶעָצֶ֖ה יְסִירֶ֑נָּה וְאֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.present from the.sacrifice of the.peace.offering(s) a.fire.offering to Yahweh fat its the.fat tail complete close to the backbone he will.remove.it and (et) the fat \[which\] covers (et) the entrails and (et) all the fat which \[is\].on the entrails

*JPS 1917:* And he shall present of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, which he shall take away hard by the rump-bone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

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