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# עָשׁוּקִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6217

**oppression** — 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

oppression [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲשׁוּקִים: n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion;—ע׳ Am 3:9; Jb 35:9, עֲשֻׁקִים Ec 4:1.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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: of oppression(s) (1); oppression(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Job 35:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/#tree)

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* from a.multitude of.oppression(s) people.cry.out they.cry.for.help from.\[the\] arm of.great.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

[Amos 3:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.9/#tree)

הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ עַל־אַרְמְנ֣וֹת בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד וְעַֽל־אַרְמְנ֖וֹת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְאִמְר֗וּ הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ עַל־הָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וּרְא֞וּ מְהוּמֹ֤ת רַבּוֹת֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* proclaim to \[the\].fortresses in Ashdod and to \[the\].fortresses in the.land of.Egypt and say gather.yourselves on the.mountains of.Samaria and see disturbances great in the.midst of.it and oppression(s) in midst its

*JPS 1917:* Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great confusions therein, and the oppressions in the midst thereof.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6217.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6217/): 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).