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title: עָתָק — forward · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָתָק (6277), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: forward. BDB 1906: adj. forward, arrogant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָתָק

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«עָתָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forward** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6277 · **BDB:** עָתָק

### Glosses

arrogant (3); arrogant.\[speech\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forward [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6277/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. forward, arrogant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6277/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. forward, arrogant (of speech) (Thes free (v. Arabic), unrestrained);—1 S 2:3 ψ 31:19; 94:4; so also 75:6 (cf. צַוָּאר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָתָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6277/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.4/)

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יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִֽ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* they.pour.forth they.speak arrogant they.boast all \[those.who\].do (of).wickedness

*JPS 1917:* They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.

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[Psalms 75:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.6/)

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אַל־תָּרִ֣ימוּ לַמָּר֣וֹם קַרְנְכֶ֑ם תְּדַבְּר֖וּ בְצַוָּ֣אר עָתָֽק׃

*Word for word:* do.not lift.up to the height horn your speak with a.neck arrogant

*JPS 1917:* Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

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