UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: עַוָּתָה

Sense 1: to be bent, to be crooked

Semantic domains: Shape (002001001048)

Definition: = process by which something becomes bent or twisted out of shape or position

Forms: vbpual; vbhit-

Synonyms: תקן

ECC 1:15: RV ECC 1:15 · LV ECC 1:15 · Read together ECC 1:15

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OET-RV ECC 1:15

15 Something that’s bent can’t be straightened again,
⇔ ≈ and what’s missing can’t be counted.

OET-LV ECC 1:15

15 That _which _is_bent not it _is _able to_become _straight and_something _missing not it _is _able to_be _numbered.

ECC 12:3: RV ECC 12:3 · LV ECC 12:3 · Read together ECC 12:3

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OET-RV ECC 12:3

3 That day when the guards of the house will get the trembles
⇔ and the strong men will be bent over,
⇔ and the women grinding grain will stop because there’s only a few of them left,
⇔ and the women looking out the windows will no longer see clearly.

OET-LV ECC 12:3

3 In _the_day when_ those _who_keep _of (of)_the_house _they _will _tremble and_ the _people _of (the)_strength _they _will _bend _themselves and_ the_female_grinders _they _will _cease if/because they _have _become _few and_ the_women_who_look in_windows _they _will _grow _dim.

Sense 2: to make crooked

Semantic domains: Shape (002001001048)

Definition: = causative action by which someone causes something to be bent or twisted out of shape or position

Forms: vbpiel

ECC 7:13: RV ECC 7:13 · LV ECC 7:13 · Read together ECC 7:13

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OET-RV ECC 7:13

13 Look at God’s work:
⇔ who can straighten what he’s made crooked?

OET-LV ECC 7:13

13 Consider DOM the _work _of the_ʼElohīm if/because who is _he _able to_make _straight DOM that_which he_has _bent _it.

Sense 3: to falsify

Semantic domains: Bad (002001001006)

Definition: = causative action by which humans cause an object that used to work correctly to function incorrectly

Forms: vbpiel

AMO 8:5: RV AMO 8:5 · LV AMO 8:5 · Read together AMO 8:5

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OET-RV AMO 8:5

5 They say,
⇔ “When will the new moon celebrations be over, so we can sell grain again?
⇔ ≈ When will the Rest Day be over, so we can sell wheat?
⇔ We’ll make the measure small and increase the price,
⇔ ≈ as we cheat with false scales.

OET-LV AMO 8:5

5 To_say when the _new_moon will _it _pass so_that _we _may _sell _grain grain and_the_sabbath so_that _we _may _open grain to_make _small an _ʼēyfāh and_to_make _great a _shekel and_to_falsify balances _of deceit.

Sense 4: to make tortuous

Semantic domains: Unsafe (002003003021)

Core domains: Well-Being (196)

Definition: = causative action by which someone turns conditions that ought to be successful and prosperous into suffering

Forms: vbpiel

PSA 146:9: RV PSA 146:9 · LV PSA 146:9 · Read together PSA 146:9

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OET-RV PSA 146:9

9 Yahweh guards the refugees.
⇔ He sustains orphans and widows,
⇔ but he subverts the plans of the wicked.

OET-LV PSA 146:9

9 YHWH is_watching _over DOM sojourners the_fatherless and_widow[s] he _helps _up and_the_way _of wicked_people he _makes _crooked.

Sense 5: to wrong

Semantic domains: Wrong (002001003020)

Core domains: Behavior (017)

Definition: = action by which someone acts towards someone else in a morally or ethically unacceptable manner

Forms: vbpiel

JOB 19:6: RV JOB 19:6 · LV JOB 19:6 · Read together JOB 19:6

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OET-RV JOB 19:6

6 then you need to know that God has wronged me,
⇔ and he’s closed his net around me.

OET-LV JOB 19:6

6 Know then if/because _that god he_has _subverted _me and_net _of_his over_me he _has _closed.

PSA 119:78: RV PSA 119:78 · LV PSA 119:78 · Read together PSA 119:78

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OET-RV PSA 119:78

78 Let the proud be put to shame,
⇔ because they’ve falsely accused me,
⇔ but as for me, I’ll meditate on your principles.

OET-LV PSA 119:78

78 Arrogant_people let _them _be _ashamed if/because falsehood they_have _subverted _me I I _will _meditate on_precepts _of_your.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: RV JOB 19:6 · LV JOB 19:6 · Read together JOB 19:6

PSA: RV PSA 119:78 · LV PSA 119:78 · Read together PSA 119:78

LAM: RV LAM 3:36 · LV LAM 3:36 · Read together LAM 3:36

Sense 6: to make crooked, to pervert

Semantic domains: Wrong (002001003020)

Core domains: Behavior (017)

Definition: = causative action by which someone turns patterns of behavior that ought to be right and just into morally or ethically unacceptable behavior

Forms: vbpiel

JOB 8:3: RV JOB 8:3 · LV JOB 8:3 · Read together JOB 8:3

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OET-RV JOB 8:3

3 Does God pervert justice?
⇔ Does the provider pervert what is right?

OET-LV JOB 8:3