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title: תִּקְוָה — hope · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּקְוָה (8615), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: hope. BDB 1906: n.f. hope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּקְוָה

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«תִּקְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hope** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 8615 · **BDB:** תִּקְוָה²

### Glosses

hope (27); \[the\].hope (2); \[is.the\].hope (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8615/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8615/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hope;—abs. ת׳ Ho 2:17 +; cstr. תִּקְוַת Jb 8:13 +; sf. תִּקְוָתִי 6:8 +, etc.;— hope, Je 31:17; La 3:29; Jb 5:16; 7:6; 11:18, 20; 14:7, 19; 17:15a; 19:10; ψ 62:6; Pr 19:18; 26:12; 29:20; Ru 1:12; פֶּתַח ת׳ Ho 2:17; אֲסִירֵי הַתּ׳ Zc 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance). = ground of hope Jb 4:6 ψ 71:5 (cf. 62:6). things hoped for, outcome, Ez 19:5; 37:11; Jb 6:8; 8:13; 17:15b (but read טוֹבָתִי 𝔊 Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), 27:8 ψ 9:19 Pr 10:28; 11:7, 23; 23:18; 24:14 (del. Toy as gloss); אַחֲרִית וְת׳ Je 29:11 (i. e. by hendiadys, the hoped-for future).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּקְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8615/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.28/)

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תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת צַדִּיקִ֣ים שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְתִקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].hope of.righteous.\[people\] \[is\].joy and.\[the\] hope of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.lost

*JPS 1917:* The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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[Proverbs 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.23/)

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תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].desire of.righteous.\[people\] only \[is\].good \[the\].hope of.wicked.\[people\] \[is\].fury

*JPS 1917:* The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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