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title: תְּנוּאָה — opposition · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּנוּאָה (8569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: opposition. BDB 1906: n.f. opposition. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּנוּאָה

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«תְּנוּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **opposition** — 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:** 8569 · **BDB:** תְּנוּאָה

### Glosses

occasions (1); opposition (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

opposition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. opposition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. opposition;—sf. תְּנוּאָתִי Nu 14:34 my opposition, of י׳; pl. תְּנוּאוֹת עָלַי יִמְצָא Jb 33:10 = occasions for hostility (‖ count as enemy).

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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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּנוּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 33:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.10/)

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הֵ֣ן תְּ֭נוּאוֹת עָלַ֣י יִמְצָ֑א יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* here! occasions on me he.finds he considers.me to an.enemy to him

*JPS 1917:* Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy;

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[Numbers 14:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.34/)

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בְּמִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֮ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יוֹם֒ י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֞ה י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֗ה תִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲוֺנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* by the.number of the.days which you.spied.out (et) the land forty day\[s\] a.day for the year a.day for the year you.will.bear (et) iniquities your forty year\[s\] and you.will.know (et) opposition my

*JPS 1917:* After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.

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