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# עַזָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5804

**Azzah** — used 20 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

Azzah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַזָּה: n.pr.loc. Gaza [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian Ḫazzutu, etc., COTi. 97 DlPa 290, TelAm. Ḫazati, Azzati Wkl38\*; Egyptian Gaḏatu̥ WMMAs. u. Eur. 87, 96, 159, 392; 𝔊 Γαζα, so JosAnt. xiii. 5, 5, etc.; Herod. ii. 159; iii. 5 Κάδυτις);—Philistine city (mod. غَزَّة, Ghazze, Razze), c. Lat. 31° 3ˊ N, Long. 34° 28ˊ E. c. 50 miles WSW. from Jerus., near the sea (RobBR ii. 36 ff. GASmGeogr. 181 ff. BuhlGeogr. 190 f.), Ju 16:1, 21 (both עַזָּ֫תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, Gn 10:19 (J), Ju 6:4; 1 K 5:4; 2 K 18:8, cf. Dt 2:23; Jos 10:41 (D); also 11:22 (D), 15:47 (P), Ju 1:18; 1 S 6:17; Am 1:6, 7; Zp 2:4; Je 25:20; 47:1, 5; Zc 9:5(×2);—On commercial importance v. DHMB und S 989 GattZPV vii (1884), 1 ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff..—For עַזָּה 1 Ch 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q.v.), Be Oettli Kau KitHpt.; v. עַי.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Gaza (16); of Gaza (2); to (2).

## In the verses

[Amos 1:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.7/#tree)

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.send.forth a.fire on the.wall of.Gaza and it.will.consume fortresses its

*JPS 1917:* So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof;

[Jeremiah 47:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/#tree)

בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5804.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5804/): 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).