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title: אֲשׁוּר — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲשׁוּר (838), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: step. BDB 1906: n.f. step, going. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲשׁוּר

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«אֲשׁוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 838 · **BDB:** אֲשׁוּר

### Glosses

steps (6); step (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. step, going [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ψ 44:19 step, going (cf. Arabic إِثْرٌ, أَثَمٌ Ethiopic አሠር፡: footstep) only sf. אֲשֻׁרוֹ Jb 23:11 Pr 14:15; אֲשׁוּרַי ψ 17:5; אֲשֻׁרָ֑י ψ 40:3; 73:2; אֲשֻׁרֵנוּ ψ 44:19; אֲשֻׁרָיו ψ 37:31, all poet. \& fig. of mode of life, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲשׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.5/)

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תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל־נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.have.held.firm steps my in tracks your not they.have.been.shaken footsteps my

*JPS 1917:* My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

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[Psalms 37:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.31/)

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תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהָ֣יו בְּלִבּ֑וֹ לֹ֖א תִמְעַ֣ד אֲשֻׁרָיו׃

*Word for word:* the.law his.God his \[is\].in heart his not it.slips steps his

*JPS 1917:* The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide.

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