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title: אָרַג — weave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרַג (707), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: weave. BDB 1906: vb. weave. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרַג

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«אָרַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weave** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 707 · **BDB:** אָרַג

### Glosses

of.weavers (4); a.weaver (2); of.a.weaver (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/707/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/707/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. weave (Mish. id. cf. Ph. ארג weaver)— Impf. 2 fs. תַּאַרְגִי Ju 16:13, 3 mpl. יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ Is 59:5; Pt. אֹרֵג Ex 28:32 + 4 times; pl. אֹרְגִים Is 19:9 + 5 times; אֹרְגוֹת 2 K 23:7;—weave cloth, etc. Is 19:9 (in Egypt) 2 K 23:7, Samson’s locks Ju 16:13; metaph. weave spider’s web = intrigue Is 59:5; most often Pt. used as subst. = weaver Is 38:12; work of the weaver מעשׂה א׳ Ex 28:32; 39:22, 27 cf. 35:35; weavers’ beam (pl.) מְנוֹר א׳ 1 S 17:7; 2 S 21:19 1 Ch 11:23; 20:5 (sim. of huge spear-shaft)—cf. also sub יַעֲרֵי ארגים.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָרַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/707/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.9/)

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וּבֹ֛שׁוּ עֹבְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׂרִיק֑וֹת וְאֹרְגִ֖ים חוֹרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.ashamed \[those.who\].work of.flax(es) combed and \[those.who\].weave white.cloth

*JPS 1917:* Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

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[Exodus 39:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.22/)

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וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפֹ֖ד מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹרֵ֑ג כְּלִ֖יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.made (et) the.robe of the.ephod \[the\].work of.a.weaver an.entirety of.violet.stuff

*JPS 1917:* And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

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