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title: אֶרֶג — loom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶרֶג (708), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: loom. BDB 1906: loom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶרֶג

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«אֶרֶג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **loom** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 708 · **BDB:** אֶ֫רֶג

### Glosses

a.weaver's.shuttle (1); loom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

loom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/708/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

loom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/708/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] loom (v. GFMPOS Oct. 1889)—אֶרֶג Ju 16:14 hand-loom to which Samson’s hair was fastened, plucked up by him (א׳ obj. of וַיִּסַּע; del. הַיְתַד as gloss, cf. GFM supr.); Jb 7:6 יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי אָ֑רֶג my days are swifter than a loom.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֶרֶג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/708/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.6/)

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יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* days my they.have.been.swift more.than a.weaver's.shuttle and they.have.come.to.an.end with not hope

*JPS 1917:* My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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[Judges 16:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.14/)

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וַתִּתְקַע֙ בַּיָּתֵ֔ד וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּיקַץ֙ מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ וַיִּסַּ֛ע אֶת־הַיְתַ֥ד הָאֶ֖רֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and she.thrust with the pin and she.said to him \[the\].Philistines \[are\].on you O.Samson and he.awoke from sleep his and he.pulled.out (et) the pin the loom and (et) the web

*JPS 1917:* And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

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