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title: אָבָק — dust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבָק (80), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: dust. BDB 1906: n.m. dust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבָק

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«אָבָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dust** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 80 · **BDB:** אָבָק

### Glosses

dust (5); \[are\].the.dust (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/80/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/80/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 26:10 dust—א׳ Dt 28:24 + 3 textual; cstr. אֲבַק Na 1:3; sf. אֲבָקָם Ez 26:10—dust (?fleeing, flying; syn. עָפָר = oft. dust lying on or composing ground) Ex 9:9 Ez 26:10 Dt 28:24 (‖ עָפָר) Is 5:24 (‖ מָק) 29:5 (‖ מֹץ); fig. of clouds under Yahweh’s feet Na 1:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/80/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.24/)

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יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מְטַ֥ר אַרְצְךָ֖ אָבָ֣ק וְעָפָ֑ר מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ יֵרֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* he.will.make Yahweh (et) the.rain your.land your dust and dust from the heavens it.will.come.down on you until you are.destroyed

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

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[Isaiah 29:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.5/)

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וְהָיָ֛ה כְּאָבָ֥ק דַּ֖ק הֲמ֣וֹן זָרָ֑יִךְ וּכְמֹ֤ץ עֹבֵר֙ הֲמ֣וֹן עָֽרִיצִ֔ים וְהָיָ֖ה לְפֶ֥תַע פִּתְאֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be like dust fine the.multitude of your.strangers and \[will be\].like.chaff \[which\].passes.away the.multitude of.ruthless.\[people\] and it.will.happen to suddenness suddenly

*JPS 1917:* But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly —

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