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title: פָּעָה — groan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּעָה (6463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: groan. BDB 1906: vb. groan. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּעָה

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«פָּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **groan** — 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:** 6463 · **BDB:** פָּעָה

### Glosses

I.groan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. groan (onomatop. according to Thes; NH Hiph. bleat, so Arabic بعى, بغى Dozy; Aramaic פְּעָא, ܦܥܳܐ bleat);—Impf. 1 s. כַּיּוֹלֵדָה אֶפְעֶה Is 42:14 (of י׳ straining himself to deliver Isr., + אֶשֹּׁם \[נשׁם\], אֶשְׁאַף).—\[אֶפַע\] Is 41:24, v. p. 67.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.14/)

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הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה אֶפְעֶ֔ה אֶשֹּׁ֥ם וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף יָֽחַד׃

*Word for word:* I.have.been.silent from a.long.time I.have.kept.silent I.have.restrained.myself like.(the) \[woman who\].gives.birth I.groan I.puff and I.pant together

*JPS 1917:* I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting at once.

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