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# תַּעָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8581

**loathe** — used 22 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

loathe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8581/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּעַב: vb. denom. Niph. Pi. Pu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8581/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. Niph. Pi.: Pf. 3 ms. נִתְעַב 1 Ch 21:6; Pt. נִתְעָב Is 14:19; Jb 15:16;—be abhorred: ritual sense: נֵצֶר נִתְעָב Is 14:19 an abhorred (rejected) branch (נֵץ vulture, the unclean scavenger bird); נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָ֑ח Jb 15:16 abhorred and corrupt, from disease (נאלח elsewhere †ψ 14:3 = 53:4 ‖ התעיב). ethically: David’s census, according to 1 Ch 21:6. Pf. 3 pl. sf. תִּעֲבוּנִי Jb 9:31 + 2 times; Impf. יְתָעֵב ψ 106:40; 5:7 (read 2 ms. תְּתַעֵב); 3 fs. תְּתַעֵב ψ 107:18; 2 ms. תְּתַעֵב Dt 23:8(×2), etc.; Inf. abs. תַּעֵב Dt 7:26; Pt. מְתָעֵב Is 49:7 (but v. infra), + Am 6:8 (so read for מְתָאֵב GeiUrschrift 349 We Now Marti Harper); pl. מְתַעֲבִים Mi 3:9;— regard as an abomination, abhor: ritual sense: (1) of God; c. acc. of Israel, because of idols ψ 106:40. (2) of man: c. acc., of abomination Dt 7:26(×2), cf. 23:8(×2); Job Jb 19:19; 30:10. ethically: (1) of God; ‖ שׂנא, c. acc.: אישׁ דמים ומרמה ψ 5:7 (Am 6:8 v. II. תאב). (2) of man; c. acc. מִשְׁפָּט Mi 3:9, דֹּבֵר תָּמִים Am 5:10 (‖ שׂנא), שֶׁקֶר ψ 119:163 (‖ שׂנא). physically: c. acc. כָּל־אֹכֶל ψ 107:18. cause to be an abomination: c. acc., ritual sense Ez 16:25; Job, from filthy garments Jb 9:31; מְתָעֵב גּוֹי Is 49:7 (‖ בְּזֹה נֶפֶשׁ) (read prob. Pu. מְתֹעַב, as Oort SS Bu Du). Pf. 2 fs. הִתְעַבְתְּ Ez 16:52; 3 mpl. הִתְעִיבוּ ψ 14:1 = 53:2; Impf. וַיַּתְעֵב 1 K 21:26;—make abominable, do abominably: ritual sense: c. acc. rei, Ez 16:52; לְ c. inf. 1 K 21:26. ethically: c. acc. עלילה ψ 14:1 = 53:2 (עול).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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: they (3); they do abominably (2); you will abhor (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:163](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.163/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.163/#tree)

שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂ֭נֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָה תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* falsehood I.hate and I.abhor law your I.love

*JPS 1917:* I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.

[Psalms 5:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.7/#tree)

תְּאַבֵּד֮ דֹּבְרֵ֪י כָ֫זָ֥ב אִישׁ־דָּמִ֥ים וּמִרְמָ֗ה יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.destroy \[those.who\].speak (of).falsehood everyone of.blood(s) and deceit he.abhors Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8581.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8581/): 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).