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

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«עֻזָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Uzza** — 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:עֻזָּה · **BDB:** עֻזָּה

### Glosses

Uzzah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Uzza [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5bb_5d6_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5bb_5d6_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Levite name 1 Ch 6:14, Οζ(ι)α, Αζα. v. עֻזָּא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֻזָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5bb_5d6_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.14/)

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בְּנֵ֥י מְרָרִ֖י מַחְלִ֑י לִבְנִ֥י בְנ֛וֹ שִׁמְעִ֥י בְנ֖וֹ עֻזָּ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Merari \[were\].Mahli Libni son his Shimei son his Uzzah son his

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;

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[2 Samuel 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.7/)

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וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ בְּעֻזָּ֔ה וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ שָׁ֛ם הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים עַל־הַשַּׁ֑ל וַיָּ֣מָת שָׁ֔ם עִ֖ם אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.burned the.anger of.Yahweh on Uzzah and he struck.him.down there (the) God on the presumption and he.died there beside the.ark of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

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