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# עָוַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5791

**be bent** — used 11 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

be bent [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָוַת: vb. be bent, crooked [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bent, crooked (NH id., Pi. Nithp.; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa.; cf. ܥܰܬ, ܥܬܳܐ deceive PS 3008);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. עִוְּתָ֑נִי Jb 19:6, עִוְּתוֹ Ec 7:13; 3 pl. sf. עִוְּתוּנִי ψ 119:78; Impf. 3 ms. יְעַוֵּת ψ 146:9 Jb 8:3, יְעַוֶּת־ v 3; Inf. לְעַוֵּת Am 8:5 La 3:36;— a. make crooked = falsify, scales Am 8:5; pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Jb 8:3(×2); 34:12 (all God subj.); c. acc. pers. subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), לְע׳ אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ La 3:36, cf. ψ 119:78 (v.l. 119:61); so עִוְּתָנִי Jb 19:6 (י׳ subj.). bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים ψ 146:9 (י׳ subj.); in gen. Ec 7:13 (God subj.; opp. תִּקֵּן). Pt. מְעֻוָּת Ec 1:15 what is bent (opp. תְּקֹן). Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Ec 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: does he pervert (2); he (2); \[that which is\] bent (1).

## In the verses

[Job 8:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.3/#tree)

הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

*Word for word:* ? God does.he.pervert justice and or? \[the\].Almighty does.he.pervert righteousness

*JPS 1917:* Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

[Job 34:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.12/#tree)

אַף־אָמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* also truly God not he.acts.wickedly and.\[the\] Almighty not he.perverts justice

*JPS 1917:* Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5791.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5791/): 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).