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# זֹו

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2097

**this** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

this [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2097/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

**The whole BDB entry:** i.q. זֹה (q.v.): only Ho 7:16 b זוֹ לַעְגָּם this (i.e. the falling by the sword, v a) is their derision; and (as relat.) ψ 132:12 וְעֵדֹ֤תִ֥י זֹוֹ and my testimony which … (neglecting the accentuation: v. De, and cf. the remark under זֶה 5).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: this (1); which (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 132:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.12/#tree)

אִֽם־יִשְׁמְר֬וּ בָנֶ֨יךָ ׀ בְּרִיתִי֮ וְעֵדֹתִ֥י ז֗וֹ אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if they.will.keep sons your covenant my and testimonies my which I will.teach.them also sons their until perpetuity they.will.sit to throne your

*JPS 1917:* If thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'

[Hosea 7:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.16/#tree)

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ ׀ לֹ֣א עָ֗ל הָיוּ֙ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּ֔ה יִפְּל֥וּ בַחֶ֛רֶב שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם מִזַּ֣עַם לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם ז֥וֹ לַעְגָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* they.turn not height they.have.become like a.bow of.deceit they.will.fall by the sword leaders their from the.indignation their.tongue their this be\].their.mockery \[will in the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* They return, but not upwards; they are become like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue; this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2097.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2097/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).