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title: עֹשֶׁק — oppression · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹשֶׁק (6233), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: oppression. BDB 1906: n.m. oppression, extortion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹשֶׁק

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«עֹשֶׁק» 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6233 · **BDB:** עֹ֫שֶׁק

### Glosses

oppression (9); extortion (5); \[is\].oppression (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oppression [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6233/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. oppression, extortion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6233/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 7:7 oppression, extortion;—ע׳ abs. Je 6:6 +, cstr. ψ 119:134 Ec 5:7;— Je 6:6; 22:17; Ez 22:7, 12 ψ 73:8; c. genit. subj. 119:134, obj. Ec 5:7; as acc. cogn. c. עָשַׁק (q.v.) Ez 18:18; 22:29. national oppression, Is 54:14. concr., gain of extortion ψ 62:11, so perhaps Ec 7:7; as acc. cogn. Lv 5:23 (‖ גָּזֵל).—Is 30:12; 59:13 read עִקֵּשׁ Lag Gr al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹשֶׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6233/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.8/)

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יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.mock and they.speak with evil oppression from a.high.place they.speak

*JPS 1917:* They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

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[Psalms 119:134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.134/)

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פְּ֭דֵנִי מֵעֹ֣שֶׁק אָדָ֑ם וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* redeem me from oppression of.humankind so that.I.may.keep precepts your

*JPS 1917:* Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will observe Thy precepts.

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