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title: זָר — criminal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָר (lemma:זָר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 70 times: criminal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָר

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«זָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **criminal** — 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:** 70 times · **Key:** lemma:זָר · **BDB:** זָר

### Glosses

strangers (19); strange (14); a.stranger (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

criminal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e8/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. i. זור, זָרָא v. sub ii. זור.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/)

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יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* they made.him.jealous by strange.\[gods\] by abominations they provoked.him.to.anger

*JPS 1917:* They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

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[Proverbs 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/)

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שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.pit deep \[the\].mouth of.strange.\[women\] \[one.who.is\].cursed of.Yahweh he.will.fall there

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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