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# עָקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6125

**pressure** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

pressure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6125/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָקָה: n.f. pressure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6125/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pressure (si vera l., Aramaic word, 𝔗 עָֽקְתָא, Syriac ܥܳܩܬܳܐ );—only cstr. מִפְּנֵי עָקַת רָשָׁע ψ 55:4 because of the pressure of the wicked; \> read צַעֲקַת (‖ קוֹל; Ol al.), which means cry for help.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[the\] pressure (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 55:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.4/#tree)

מִקּ֤וֹל אוֹיֵ֗ב מִפְּנֵ֣י עָקַ֣ת רָשָׁ֑ע כִּי־יָמִ֥יטוּ עָלַ֥י אָ֝֗וֶן וּבְאַ֥ף יִשְׂטְמֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* from the.sound of.an.enemy because of \[the\].pressure of.\[the\].wicked (dm) they.drop on me wickedness and in anger they are.hostile.towards.me

*JPS 1917:* Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6125.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6125/): 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).