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title: עָשָׂה — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשָׂה (lemma:עָשָׂה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, squeeze. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשָׂה

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«עָשָׂה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — 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:עָשָׂה · **BDB:** עָשָׂה²

### Glosses

people.squeezed (1); squeezed (1); they.had.squeezed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, squeeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, squeeze (NH עִשָּׂה Pi. compel; 𝔗 עַסִּי Pa. crush, gnash (teeth); cf. Arabic غَشِىَ compress a woman);—Pf. 3 pl. עִשּׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלִים Ez 23:3, 8 (unchaste act); Inf. cstr. בַּעֲשׂוֹת … דַּדַּיִךְ v 21 read Pi. בְּעַשּׂוֹת (Ew Co Toy, al.).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשָׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.21/)

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וַֽתִּפְקְדִ֔י אֵ֖ת זִמַּ֣ת נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ דַּדַּ֔יִךְ לְמַ֖עַן שְׁדֵ֥י נְעוּרָֽיִךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.sought (et) the.licentiousness your.youth(s) your when squeezed since Egypt nipples your on.account.of the.breasts your.youth(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when they from Egypt bruised thy breasts for the bosom of thy youth.

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[Ezekiel 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.3/)

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וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְמִצְרַ֔יִם בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן זָנ֑וּ שָׁ֚מָּה מֹעֲכ֣וּ שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן וְשָׁ֣ם עִשּׂ֔וּ דַּדֵּ֖י בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.acted.as.prostitutes in Egypt in youth(s) their they.acted.as.prostitutes there (to) they.were.touched breasts their and there people.squeezed the.nipples their.virginiti(es) their

*JPS 1917:* and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

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