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# טֹרַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2960

**burden** — 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

burden [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טֹ֫רַח: n.m. burden [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. burden, fig., הָיוּ עָלַי לָטֹ֑רַח נִלְאֵיתִי נְשֽׂא׃ Is 1:14 they are become a burden on me, I am weary of bearing; אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא טָרְחֲכֶם Dt 1:12 (+ מַשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִיבְכֶם) how can I bear the burden of you?

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: burden (2).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 1:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.12/#tree)

אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* how? will.I.bear I alone burden your and burden your and dispute\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

[Isaiah 1:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.14/#tree)

חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤ם וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙ שָׂנְאָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלַ֖י לָטֹ֑רַח נִלְאֵ֖יתִי נְשֹֽׂא׃

*Word for word:* moons your.new and your.appointed feasts it.hates self my they.have.become on me (into).a burden I.am.weary to.bear.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2960.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2960/): 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).