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title: עָשַׂק — contend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשַׂק (6229), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: contend. BDB 1906: vb. contend. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשַׂק

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«עָשַׂק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contend** — 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:** 6229 · **BDB:** עָשַׂק

### Glosses

they.quarreled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

contend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6229/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. contend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6229/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. contend (perhaps orig. cling to (in strife), cf. Arabic عَشِقَ cling with love (LagBN 143); Syriac ܥܣܰܩ, Ethpa. be difficult (i.e. indignant, hostile); NH עָסַק, 𝔗 עֲסַק, busy oneself, NH עֵסֶק business, occupation);—Pf. 3 pl. הִתְעַשְּׂקוּ עִמּוֹ Gn 26:20 they contended with him.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשַׂק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6229/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.20/)

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וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם־רֹעֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק לֵאמֹ֖ר לָ֣נוּ הַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם־הַבְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.disputed the.herdsmen of.Gerar with the.herdsmen of.Isaac (cmp) \[belongs\].to us the water and he.called the.name of the.well Esek (dm) they.quarreled with him

*JPS 1917:* And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying: 'The water is ours.' And he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.

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