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title: עַשְׁתּוּת — thought · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַשְׁתּוּת (6248), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thought. BDB 1906: n.f. thought. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַשְׁתּוּת

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«עַשְׁתּוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thought** — 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:** 6248 · **BDB:** עַשְׁתּוּת

### Glosses

thought (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thought [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6248/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thought [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6248/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (van d. H. וֹת-) n.f. thought;—cstr. ע׳ שַׁאֲנָ֑ן Jb 12:5 (וֹת- would be pl., from עֶ֫שֶׁת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «עַשְׁתּוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6248/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.5/)

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לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃

*Word for word:* \[belongs\].to (the) disaster contempt to.\[the\] thought of.\[one\].at.ease a.push \[belongs\].to \[those.who.are\].slipping of.foot

*JPS 1917:* A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.

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