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title: אֲגֻדָּה — band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲגֻדָּה (92), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: band. BDB 1906: n.f. band. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲגֻדָּה

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«אֲגֻדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **band** — 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:** 92 · **BDB:** אֲגֻדָּה

### Glosses

\[the\].bindings (1); a.bunch (1); band (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/92/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/92/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. band (Mishn. אֲגוּדָּה cf. NHWB). pl. cstr. אֲגֻדּוֹת מוֹטָה bands, thongs (fastening ox-bow) metaph. of fetters of slavery Is 58:6. אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב bunch of hyssop Ex 12:22. א׳ abs. band of men (cf. חֶבֶל. Eng. band) 2 S 2:25. אֲגֻדָּתוֹ vault of the heavens (as fitted together, constructed, cf. Ar. إِجَادٌ) Am 9:6.

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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 (1 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 «אֲגֻדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/92/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 2:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.25/)

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וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִן֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיִּהְי֖וּ לַאֲגֻדָּ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־גִּבְעָ֖ה אֶחָֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.gathered.together the.descendants of.Benjamin behind Abner and they.became (into).a band one and they.stood on \[the\].top of.a.hill one

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

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[Isaiah 58:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.6/)

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הֲל֣וֹא זֶה֮ צ֣וֹם אֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒ פַּתֵּ֙חַ֙ חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת רֶ֔שַׁע הַתֵּ֖ר אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת מוֹטָ֑ה וְשַׁלַּ֤ח רְצוּצִים֙ חָפְשִׁ֔ים וְכָל־מוֹטָ֖ה תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ׃

*Word for word:* ? not \[is\].this \[the\].fast \[which\].I choose.it to.loosen \[the\].bonds of.wickedness to.unfasten \[the\].bindings of.\[the\].yoke-bar and to.let.go \[those.who.are\].crushed free and every yoke-bar you.will.tear.apart

*JPS 1917:* Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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