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title: עוּד — bear witness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּד (lemma:עוּד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: bear witness. BDB 1906: vb. denom. bear witness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּד

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«עוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bear witness** — 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:** 40 times · **Key:** lemma:עוּד · **BDB:** עוּד²

### Glosses

he.warned (3); you.warned (3); I.call.as.witnesses (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bear witness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5d5_5bc_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. bear witness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5d5_5bc_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (Gerber 42 f.) bear witness;— Impf. 1 s. sf. אֲעוּדֵךְ La 2:13 Kt; Hiph. Qr Bu. Pf. 3 ms. הֵעִיד 2 K 17:15; Mal 2:14; הֵעִד Gn 43:3; 2 ms. הַֽעִידֹ֫תָ Ne 9:34; הַֽעֵדֹ֫תָה Ex 19:23; 1 s. הַֽעִידֹ֫תִי Dt 4:26; Je 42:19; 3 mpl. הֵעִ֫ידוּ Ne 9:26, etc.; Impf. וַיָּ֫עַד 2 K 17:13; Zc 3:6; 3 fs. sf. וַתְּעִידֵ֫נִי Jb 29:11 + 15 times Impf.; Inf. abs. הָעֵד Gn 43:3 + 4 times; Imv. הָעֵד Ex 19:21 + 2 times Imv. Pt. מֵעִיד Dt 32:46.— testify, bear witness, c. sf. against one 1 K 21:10, 13; in favour of Jb 29:11; La 2:13 (Qr); c. בֵּין Mal 2:14; c. בְּ + כִּי Dt 8:19. cause to testify, take as witness, c. acc. pers. Is 8:2; Je 32:10, 25, 44; call as witness, invoke, c. acc. ואת הארץ את השׁמים + בְּ against Dt 4:26; 30:19; 31:28. protest, affirm solemnly, warn: subj. men, abs. Je 6:10; Ne 13:15; c. בְּ pers. Gn 43:3(×2) (J) Ex 19:21 (E) 1 S 8:9(×2) 1 K 2:42; 2 Ch 24:19; Ne 9:26; 13:21; Je 42:19; Am 3:13; exhort solemnly, admonish, charge, י׳ subj., c. בְּ pers., Ex 19:23 (J) 2 K 17:13; Ne 9:29, 30; Je 11:7(×3); Zc 3:6 ψ 50:7; 81:9; enjoin solemnly, c. בְּ pers. + acc. rei עֵֽדְוֹת 2 K 17:15 Ne 9:34, דברים Dt 32:46. Pt. 3 ms. וְהוּעַד consec. Ex 21:29 (E) impers. and protest be entered, c. בְּ pers.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5d5_5bc_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.6/)

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וַיָּ֙עַד֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה בִּיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.admonished the.angel of.Yahweh (in) Joshua (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD forewarned Joshua, saying:

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[Job 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.11/)

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כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) an.ear it.heard and it called.me.blessed and an.eye it.saw and it bore.witness.to.me

*JPS 1917:* For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;

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