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title: עׇצְמָה — might · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇצְמָה (6109), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: might. BDB 1906: n.f. might. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇצְמָה

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«עׇצְמָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6109 · **BDB:** עָצְמָה

### Glosses

power (1); the.power (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

might [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6109/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. might [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6109/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. might;—Is 40:29 (‖ כֹּחַ) 47:9; Na 3:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇצְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6109/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 40:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.29/)

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נֹתֵ֥ן לַיָּעֵ֖ף כֹּ֑חַ וּלְאֵ֥ין אוֹנִ֖ים עָצְמָ֥ה יַרְבֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].giving to the.weary \[person\] strength and to not strength(s) power he.increases

*JPS 1917:* He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.

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[Isaiah 47:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.9/)

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וְתָבֹאנָה֩ לָּ֨ךְ שְׁתֵּי־אֵ֥לֶּה רֶ֛גַע בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד שְׁכ֣וֹל וְאַלְמֹ֑ן כְּתֻמָּם֙ בָּ֣אוּ עָלַ֔יִךְ בְּרֹ֣ב כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ בְּעָצְמַ֥ת חֲבָרַ֖יִךְ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.come to you both of.these.\[things\] a.moment in a.day one childlessness and widowhood according to their.completeness they.will.come on you in the.abundance your.sorceries your in the.power your.spells your very.many

*JPS 1917:* But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

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