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title: עָבַר — be arrogant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָבַר (lemma:עָבַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be arrogant. BDB 1906: vb. denom. be arrogant, infuriate oneself. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָבַר

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«עָבַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be arrogant** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:עָבַר · **BDB:** עָבַר²

### Glosses

he.was.furious (4); \[is\].arrogant (1); \[one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be arrogant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be arrogant, infuriate oneself [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. be arrogant, infuriate oneself;—Pf. 3 ms. הִתְעַבָּ֑ר ψ 78:62; 2 ms. הִתְעַבַּ֫רְתָּ 89:39; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּתְעַבֵּר Dt 3:26, וַיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר ψ 78:21, 59; Pt. מִתְעַבֵּר Pr 14:16; 26:17; sf. מִתְעַבְּרוֹ 20:2;— be arrogant, Pr 14:16 (opp. יָרֵא). put oneself in a fury, become furious. c. בְּ pers. Dt 3:26 ψ 78:62; c. עִם pers. 89:39; abs. 78:21, 59 (all of God); of man, c. עַל rei. Pr 26:17. incite one to fury for oneself Pr 20:2 (si vera l.; cf. De Ges§ 54 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.59/)

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שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* he.heard God and he.was.furious and he.rejected exceedingly (in) Israel

*JPS 1917:* God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;

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[Psalms 89:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.39/)

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וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you you.have.spurned and you.have.rejected you.have.been.furious with your anointed

*JPS 1917:* But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.

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