אֶמֶשׁ
Used: 5 times · Key: 570 · BDB: אֶ֫מֶשׁ
Glosses
last.night (3); yesterday (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
yesterday tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
yesterday tree →
The whole BDB entry
adv. yesterday (etym. dub.; MV after Fl De on Jb 30:3 cf. Sta§ 256 c der. from √ משׁה = Arabic مسا, whence مَسَآءٌ, evening; v. also in Thes, & cf. Assyrian mušu, night COTGloss, Ethiopic ምሴት but also Arabic أَمْسٌ = Assyrian amšatu, yesterday) = last night Gn 19:34; 31:29, 42 (אָ֑מֶשׁ); = recently 2 K 9:26.—Jb 30:3 א׳ שׁוֹאָה is difficult & uncertain Thes MV al. darkness, gloom of wasteness, so RV, but dub., cf. Di; G. Hoffm. reads אֵם שׁ׳ = the mother of (all) the ruined (said of the desert).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אֶמֶשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃
Word for word: by poverty and by hunger barren [those who].gnaw a.dry.region yesterday devastation and desolation
JPS 1917: They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
לוּלֵ֡י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִי֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י אַבְרָהָ֜ם וּפַ֤חַד יִצְחָק֙ הָ֣יָה לִ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה רֵיקָ֣ם שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִי אֶת־עָנְיִ֞י וְאֶת־יְגִ֧יעַכַּפַּ֛י רָאָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַיּ֥וֹכַח אָֽמֶשׁ׃
Word for word: if.not the.God my.father my the.God of.Abraham and the.fear of.Isaac he.had.been for me (dm) now empty you sent.me.away (et) affliction my and (et) the.toil my.hands our he.has.seen God and he.decided last.night
JPS 1917: Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my side, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'
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