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title: עֹצֶר — restraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹצֶר (6115), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: restraint. BDB 1906: restraint, coercion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹצֶר

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«עֹצֶר» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 6115 · **BDB:** עֹ֫צֶר

### Glosses

oppression (2); barrenness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

restraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6115/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

restraint, coercion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6115/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] restraint, coercion;—ע׳ abs.: מֵע׳ וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט Is 53:8 from (as a result of) coercion and judgment he was taken off; cstr. ע׳ רָעָה ψ 107:39; ע׳ רָ֑חַם Pr 30:16 restraint of womb, barrenness (so ψ 107:39 PerlesAnal. 85).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «עֹצֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6115/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.39/)

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וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and they.became.few and they.were.bowed.down from.\[the\] oppression of.calamity and sorrow

*JPS 1917:* Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

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[Proverbs 30:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.16/)

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שְׁאוֹל֮ וְעֹ֪צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא־שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לֹא־אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* Sheol and barrenness of.a.womb land \[which\].not it.is.satisfied water and fire \[which\].not it.says enough

*JPS 1917:* The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not: 'Enough.'

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