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title: עַוְלָה — injustice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַוְלָה (lemma:עַוְלָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: injustice. BDB 1906: n.f. injustice, unrighteousness, wrong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַוְלָה

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«עַוְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **injustice** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** lemma:עַוְלָה · **BDB:** עַוְלָה

### Glosses

injustice (19); unrighteousness (7); of.injustice (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

injustice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d5_5b0_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. injustice, unrighteousness, wrong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d5_5b0_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Jb 11:14 (? m. Mal 2:6 Köii. 2, 453, § 345 d Ez 28:15 \[עולתה; but ע׳ only here Ez, error for עול\] questioned by SS, v. AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 117) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong;—ע׳ ψ 37:1 + 24 times, + i. עוֹלָה Is 61:8 (read prob. עַוְלָה); עַוְלָ֫תָה ψ 125:3; 92:16 (Qr) + 2 times; עֹלָ֫תָה v 16 (Kt) Jb 5:16; pl. עוֹלוֹת ψ 58:3; 64:7;— violent deeds of injustice, בְּנֵי עַוְלָה 2 S 3:34; 7:10 = 1 Ch 17:9; בֶּן־ע׳ ψ 89:23, cf. בְּנֵי עַלְוָה Ho 10:9 (read עַוְלָה Now); אישׁ מרמה וע׳ ψ 43:1; בע׳ Is 61:8; ‖ דַּם Mi 3:10; Hb 2:12; עשׂה ע׳ ψ 37:1 Zp 3:5, 13; פעל ע׳ ψ 58:3; 119:3; Jb 36:23; שׁלח בע׳ ידים ψ 125:3. injustice of speech: דבּר ע׳ Jb 13:7; 27:4; לשׁונכס ע׳ תהגה Is 59:3; בלשׁוני ע׳ Jb 6:30; ע׳ לא נמצא בשׂפתיו Mal 2:6; ע׳ קפצה פיה ψ 107:42; Jb 5:16. injustice, in general, ψ 64:7; Jb 6:29; 11:14; 15:16; 22:23; 24:20, + 36:33 (for MT עוֹלֶה according to 𝔊 Di Bu Du al.), Ez 28:15 Pr 22:8; Ho 10:13; of God, לא ע׳ בוֹ ψ 92:16; אֵין עִם י׳ ע׳ 2 Ch 19:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַוְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d5_5b0_5dc_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.3/)

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אַ֭ף לֹֽא־פָעֲל֣וּ עַוְלָ֑ה בִּדְרָכָ֥יו הָלָֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* also not they.do injustice in ways his they.walk

*JPS 1917:* Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in His ways.

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[Micah 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.3.10/)

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בֹּנֶ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן בְּדָמִ֑ים וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בְּעַוְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].build Zion with blood(s) and Jerusalem with injustice

*JPS 1917:* That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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