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title: עֶצֶר — restraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶצֶר (6114), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: restraint. BDB 1906: restraint. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶצֶר

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«עֶצֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **restraint** — 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:** 6114 · **BDB:** עֶ֫צֶר

### Glosses

oppression (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

restraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6114/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

restraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6114/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] restraint (?), only יוֹרֵשׁ ע׳ Ju 18:7 a possessor of restraint, i.e. ruler, but 𝔊 𝔙 wealth, so Thes al., text very dub., cf. GFM; Bu conj. that ע׳ combines readings אֹצָר and עֹשֶׁר.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶצֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6114/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 18:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.7/)

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וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לָ֑יְשָׁה וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט צִדֹנִ֜ים שֹׁקֵ֣ט ׀ וּבֹטֵ֗חַ וְאֵין־מַכְלִ֨ים דָּבָ֤ר בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ יוֹרֵ֣שׁ עֶ֔צֶר וּרְחֹקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים וְדָבָ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם עִם־אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.went the.five the men and they.came to Laish and they.saw (et) the people which \[was\].in midst its dwelling to security according to.the.custom of.\[the\].Sidonians at.peace and secure and there.\[was\].not \[one.who\].put.to.shame anything in the land \[one.who\].possessed oppression and.\[were\] far they from.\[the\] Sidonians and anything there.\[was\].not to them with anyone

*JPS 1917:* Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in any thing, and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

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