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title: תּוּגָה — grief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוּגָה (8424), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: grief. BDB 1906: n.f. grief. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוּגָה

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«תּוּגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grief** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8424 · **BDB:** תּוּגָה

### Glosses

grief (2); \[is\].the.grief (1); \[may.be\].grief (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8424/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. grief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8424/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. grief (poet.)—abs. ת׳ ψ 119:28 Pr 14:13; 17:21; cstr. תּוּגַת 10:1;—grief ψ 119:28; Pr 10:1 (opp. יְשַׂמַּח), 14:13 (opp. שִׂמְחָה), 17:21 (‖ לֹא יִשְׂמַח).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תּוּגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8424/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.28/)

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דָּלְפָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִתּוּגָ֑ה קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* it.weeps self my from grief strengthen me according to your.word

*JPS 1917:* My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word.

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[Proverbs 14:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.13/)

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גַּם־בִּשְׂח֥וֹק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּשִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃

*Word for word:* also in laughter it.is.in.pain a.heart and end its joy \[may.be\].grief

*JPS 1917:* Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

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