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title: זוּר — be loathsome · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זוּר (lemma:זוּר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be loathsome. BDB 1906: vb. be loathsome. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זוּר

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«זוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be loathsome** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זוּר · **BDB:** זוּר²

### Glosses

it.is.loathsome (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be loathsome [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be loathsome [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be loathsome, Bö§ 1142 (Arabic ذَارَ fastidivit, abhorruit; Assyrian zâru, hate Impf. izîru, DlPr 65 SchrCOT Gloss)—only 3 fs. זָ֫רָה Jb 19:17 רוּחִי זָ֫רָה לְאִשְׁתִּי my breath is loathsome to my wife (וְחַנֹּתִי לְ in ‖ cl.); \> most, who derive from i. זוּר, become strange and so repugnant.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 19:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.17/)

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ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* breath my it.is.loathsome to wife my and I.am.repulsive to the.sons my.womb my

*JPS 1917:* My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.

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