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title: עָר — thine adversary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָר (6145), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thine adversary. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָר

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«עָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thine adversary** — 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:** 6145 · **BDB:** עָר²

### Glosses

enemies (1); enemy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thine adversary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6145/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6145/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. only 2 times: עָרֶ֑ךָ 1 S 28:16 (v. Dr); read צָרֶ֑ךָ thine adversary Klo HPS (al. as altern. with foll.) \>עִם רֵעֶ֑ךָ 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Th Bu Kit (?) al.; עָרֶיךָ ψ 139:20 is very dub.; Hup עָלֶיךָ, Ol Che al. שְׁמֶ֑ךָ; Bae leaves untranslated.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6145/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.20/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[those\].who they speak.of.you to wickedness they.lift.up to (the) falsehood enemies your

*JPS 1917:* Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —

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[1 Samuel 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.16/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וְלָ֖מָּה תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִי וַיהוָ֛ה סָ֥ר מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ וַיְהִ֥י עָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Samuel and why? do you.ask.me and Yahweh he.has.turned.aside from with you and he.has.become enemy your

*JPS 1917:* And Samuel said: 'Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

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