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

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«עָצֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be vast** — 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:עָצֹם · **BDB:** עָצֹם

### Glosses

he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be vast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b9_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. vast, mighty, numerous Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b9_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** , עָצַם vb. be vast, mighty, numerous (NH Nithp. contend strenuously, and in deriv.; Ph. in עצמת mighty deeds, עצמם bones; Arabic عَظُمَ be great in bone, or anything, عَظُمٌ bones; Ethiopic ዐፅም id.; Aramaic עִטְמָא, ܥܰܛܡܳܐ thigh);—Qal Pf. 3 ms. וְעָצַם consec. Dn 8:24; 11:23; 2 ms. עָצַמְתָּ Gn 26:16; 3 pl. עָֽצְמוּ Is 31:1 +, עָצֵ֑מוּ ψ 38:20; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיַּעַצְמוּ Ex 1:7, 20; Inf. cstr. עָצְמַת Is 47:9; sf. עָצְמוֹ Dn 8:8;— be mighty, Gn 26:16 (J; c. מִן comp.), Dn 8:8, 24; 11:23. be numerous, ‖ רַבּוּ etc., Is 31:1, בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד 47:9; Je 5:6; 30:14, 15; Ex 1:7 (P), v 20 (J), ψ 38:20; 69:5; c. מִן comp. Je 15:8 ψ 40:6, 13; alone 139:17. Hiph. make strong, Impf. 3 ms: sf. וַיַּעֲצִימֵהוּ ψ 105:24 + מִן comp.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b9_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 50:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.17/)

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שֶׂ֧ה פְזוּרָ֛ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲרָי֣וֹת הִדִּ֑יחוּ הָרִאשׁ֤וֹן אֲכָלוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְזֶ֤ה הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ עִצְּמ֔וֹ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* \[is\].sheep scattered Israel \[which\].lions they.have.driven.away the first he devoured.it the.king of.Assyria and this the last he gnawed.its.bones Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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