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title: עֹצֶם — might · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹצֶם (6108), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: might. BDB 1906: might, bones. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹצֶם

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«עֹצֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **might** — 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:** 6108 · **BDB:** עֹ֫צֶם

### Glosses

the.might (2); might (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

might [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6108/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

might, bones [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6108/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] might, bones;— might, cstr. ע׳ יָדִי Dt 8:17, ע׳ יָֽדְךָ Jb 30:21; sf. עָצְמָהֿ Na 3:9 (Ges§ 91 e); + בְּע׳ רוּחוֹ Is 11:15 (Thes al.; for MT בַּעְיָם ר׳). bones (coll.): sf. עָצְמִי ψ 139:15 = my frame.

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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 (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 «עֹצֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6108/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/)

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תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* you.change.yourself into.\[one\] cruel to me with the.might your.hand your you are.hostile.towards.me

*JPS 1917:* Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

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[Nahum 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.9/)

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כּ֥וּשׁ עָצְמָ֛ה וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֵ֣ין קֵ֑צֶה פּ֣וּט וְלוּבִ֔ים הָי֖וּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Cush might \[was\].its and Egypt and there.\[was\].not an.end Put and.\[the\] Libyans they.were (in) help your

*JPS 1917:* Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

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