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title: עָשׁוּקִים — oppression · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשׁוּקִים (6217), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: oppression. BDB 1906: n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשׁוּקִים

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«עָשׁוּקִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oppression** — 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:** 6217 · **BDB:** עֲשׁוּקִים

### Glosses

of.oppression(s) (1); oppression(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oppression [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion;—ע׳ Am 3:9; Jb 35:9, עֲשֻׁקִים Ec 4:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשׁוּקִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 35:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/)

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מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* from a.multitude of.oppression(s) people.cry.out they.cry.for.help from.\[the\] arm of.great.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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[Amos 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.9/)

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הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ עַל־אַרְמְנ֣וֹת בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד וְעַֽל־אַרְמְנ֖וֹת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְאִמְר֗וּ הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ עַל־הָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וּרְא֞וּ מְהוּמֹ֤ת רַבּוֹת֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* proclaim to \[the\].fortresses in Ashdod and to \[the\].fortresses in the.land of.Egypt and say gather.yourselves on the.mountains of.Samaria and see disturbances great in the.midst of.it and oppression(s) in midst its

*JPS 1917:* Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great confusions therein, and the oppressions in the midst thereof.'

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