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title: אָסוֹן — mischief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסוֹן (611), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: mischief. BDB 1906: n.m. mischief, evil, harm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסוֹן

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«אָסוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mischief** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 611 · **BDB:** אָסוֹן

### Glosses

harm (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mischief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/611/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mischief, evil, harm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/611/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mischief, evil, harm; always abs. without art. Gn 42:4, 38 (as subj. of קרא), 44:29 (קרה), Ex 21:22, 23 (היה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/611/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.23/)

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וְאִם־אָס֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֥ה נֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַת נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and if harm it.will.be and you.will.give a.life in.place.of a.life

*JPS 1917:* But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

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[Genesis 42:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.4/)

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וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִין֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לֹא־שָׁלַ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־אֶחָ֑יו כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר פֶּן־יִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּ אָסֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Benjamin the.brother of.Joseph not he.sent Jacob with brothers his (dm) he.said lest it should.happen.to.him harm

*JPS 1917:* But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'

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