אָזַן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H239
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
weigh tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
אָזַן²: vb. weigh, test, prove tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. only Pf. weigh, test, prove (cf. Arabic وَزَنَ weigh, also Arabic & Aramaic deriv.); וְאִזֵּן (conj.) Ec 12:9 (‖ חִקֵּר, תִּקֵּן).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he weighed (1).
In the verses
וְיֹתֵ֕ר שֶׁהָיָ֥ה קֹהֶ֖לֶת חָכָ֑ם ע֗וֹד לִמַּד־דַּ֙עַת֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאִזֵּ֣ן וְחִקֵּ֔ר תִּקֵּ֖ן מְשָׁלִ֥ים הַרְבֵּֽה׃
Word for word: and excess that he.was Teacher wise again he.taught knowledge (et) the people and he.weighed and he.searched.out he.arranged.in.order proverbs many
JPS 1917: And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
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