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title: נֶאָצָה — contempt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶאָצָה (lemma:נֶאָצָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: contempt. BDB 1906: n.f. contempt blasphemy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶאָצָה

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«נֶאָצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contempt** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:נֶאָצָה · **BDB:** נֶאָצָה

### Glosses

blasphemies (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

contempt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b6_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. contempt blasphemy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b6_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. contempt (toward י׳), blasphemy;—pl. נֶאָצוֹת Ne 9:18, 26 c. עָשָׂה, of Isr.; נָאָצוֹתֶיךָ Ez 35:12 of Mt. Seir, spoken against הרי ישׂראל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶאָצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b6_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.18/)

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אַ֗ף כִּֽי־עָשׂ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ עֵ֣גֶל מַסֵּכָ֔ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ זֶ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֶלְךָ֖ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ נֶאָצ֖וֹת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* even (dm) they.had.made for themselves a.calf molten.metal and they.had.said this god \[is\].your who he brought.you.up from Egypt and they.had.done blasphemies great

*JPS 1917:* Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said: 'This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

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[Ezekiel 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.35.12/)

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וְֽיָדַעְתָּ֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֒ שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ אֶת־כָּל־נָאָֽצוֹתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛רְתָּ עַל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֣ר ׀ שָׁמֵ֑מוּ לָ֥נוּ נִתְּנ֖וּ לְאָכְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh I.have.heard (et) all blasphemies your which you.have.said on the.mountains of.Israel (cmp) they.have.been.desolated to us they.have.been.given for devouring

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

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