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title: עָצֹם — be vast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצֹם (6105), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: be vast. BDB 1906: vb. vast, mighty, numerous Qal Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצֹם

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«עָצֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be vast** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 6105 · **BDB:** עָצֹם

### Glosses

they.are.numerous (8); they.became.mighty (2); as (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be vast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6105/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. vast, mighty, numerous Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6105/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** , עָצַם vb. be vast, mighty, numerous (NH Nithp. contend strenuously, and in deriv.; Ph. in עצמת mighty deeds, עצמם bones; Arabic عَظُمَ be great in bone, or anything, عَظُمٌ bones; Ethiopic ዐፅም id.; Aramaic עִטְמָא, ܥܰܛܡܳܐ thigh);—Qal Pf. 3 ms. וְעָצַם consec. Dn 8:24; 11:23; 2 ms. עָצַמְתָּ Gn 26:16; 3 pl. עָֽצְמוּ Is 31:1 +, עָצֵ֑מוּ ψ 38:20; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיַּעַצְמוּ Ex 1:7, 20; Inf. cstr. עָצְמַת Is 47:9; sf. עָצְמוֹ Dn 8:8;— be mighty, Gn 26:16 (J; c. מִן comp.), Dn 8:8, 24; 11:23. be numerous, ‖ רַבּוּ etc., Is 31:1, בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד 47:9; Je 5:6; 30:14, 15; Ex 1:7 (P), v 20 (J), ψ 38:20; 69:5; c. מִן comp. Je 15:8 ψ 40:6, 13; alone 139:17. Hiph. make strong, Impf. 3 ms: sf. וַיַּעֲצִימֵהוּ ψ 105:24 + מִן comp.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 3 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 (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6105/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.20/)

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וְֽ֭אֹיְבַי חַיִּ֣ים עָצֵ֑מוּ וְרַבּ֖וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and enemies my life they.are.numerous and they.are.many \[those who\].hate.me falsehood

*JPS 1917:* But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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[Psalms 105:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.24/)

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וַיֶּ֣פֶר אֶת־עַמּ֣וֹ מְאֹ֑ד וַ֝יַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּ מִצָּרָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.made.fruitful (et) people his exceedingly and he made.it.strong more than its.foes

*JPS 1917:* And He increased His people greatly, and made them too mighty for their adversaries.

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