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

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«עֹצֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pain** — 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:עֹצֶב · **BDB:** עֹ֫צֶב

### Glosses

pain (2); of.an.idol (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5e6_5b6_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5e6_5b6_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pain;—ע׳ 1 Ch 4:9 (cf. travail); דֶּרֶךְ־ע׳ ψ 139:24 hurtful way (of any wicked habit; \> 𝔗 Thes way of idolatry; ii. עֹצֶב); sf. עָצְבְּךָ Is 14:3 of the pain of exile.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «עֹצֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5e6_5b6_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.24/)

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וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and see if a.way of.an.idol \[is\].in me and lead me in.\[the\] way of.antiquity

*JPS 1917:* And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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[1 Chronicles 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.9/)

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וַיְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְאִמּ֗וֹ קָרְאָ֨ה שְׁמ֤וֹ יַעְבֵּץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּ֥י יָלַ֖דְתִּי בְּעֹֽצֶב׃

*Word for word:* and he.was Jabez honored more than his.brothers and mother his she.had.called name his Jabez (cmp) (dm) I.gave.birth in pain

*JPS 1917:* And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'

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