עָב
Used: 31 times · Key: 5645 · BDB: עָב³
Glosses
clouds (12); a.cloud (5); cloud (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
dark cloud tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket Qal tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Is 19, 1 and (1 K 18:44 KöSynt. 163) f. dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket;—ע׳ abs. 1 K 18:44 +, cstr. Is 18:4; Pr 16:15; pl. עָבִים Ju 5:4 +, עָבוֹת 2 S 23:4 ψ 77:18; cstr. עָבֵי 2 S 22:12 ψ 18:12; sf. עָבָיו ψ 18:13 (but prob. del., v. עבר Qal ad fin.);— dark cloud: rain-cloud Ju 5:4; Is 5:6; 1 K 18:44, 45 + 9 times. as high Is 14:14 Jb 20:6, + Ez 19:11; 31:3, 10, 14 (reading עָבוֹת, v. עֲבֹת). chariot of י׳ Is 19:1 ψ 104:3; covering his eyes Jb 22:14. casting shadow Is 25:5, cf. 2 S 23:4. as swift Is 60:8, and transient 44:22; Jb 30:15 (all sim.). f. disposed by God Jb 36:29; 37:16. g. ע׳ טַל Is 18:4 cloud of dew, dew-mist (sim.). (cloud-) mass, ע׳ שְׁחָקִים 2 S 22:12 masses of clouds (enwrapping י׳) = ψ 18:12 (v 13 v. supr.). thicket as refuge Je 4:29 (perhaps under Aramaic influence).—עַב Ex 19:9 v. עֲבִי sub עבה. 1. עָב v. p. 712 supr.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «עָב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אֶעֱלֶ֖ה עַל־בָּ֣מֳתֵי עָ֑ב אֶדַּמֶּ֖ה לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃
Word for word: I.will.ascend above [the].high.places of.[the].cloud[s] I.will.make.myself.like (to).the Most.High
JPS 1917: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'
אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃
Word for word: also if anyone.understands [the].spreading.out(s) of.dark.cloud the.noises his.pavilion his
JPS 1917: Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
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