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title: תַּאֲנָה — occasion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּאֲנָה (8385), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: occasion. BDB 1906: n.f. occasion, time of copulation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּאֲנָה

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«תַּאֲנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **occasion** — 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:** 8385 · **BDB:** תַּאֲנָה

### Glosses

heat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

occasion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8385/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. occasion, time of copulation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8385/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. occasion, time of copulation; sf. תַּאֲנָתָהּ i.e. of wild ass Je 2:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּאֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8385/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.24/)

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פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּאַוַּ֤ת נַפְשָׁהּ֙ שָׁאֲפָ֣ה ר֔וּחַ תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה כָּל־מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ לֹ֣א יִיעָ֔פוּ בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃

*Word for word:* a.wild.donkey accustomed.to (of).a.wilderness in the.desire its.self her it.pants.for \[the\].wind heat its who? will he.turn.it.back all \[those who\].seek.it not they.will.grow.weary in month its they will.find.it

*JPS 1917:* A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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