עוּת
ʻûwth · H5790 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to sustain with words, to give a word of comfort
Meaning unsure; possibly: causative action by which someone instills confidence in someone else by speaking comforting words
ExamplesIsaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, So that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָעֵףfaint 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Shape002001001052
- This lexeme's sole tagged occurrence, Isaiah 50:4 ("so that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word"), describes speaking a timely, sustaining word; this Shape domain code is bundle-shared alongside עוּת (ʻûwth, H5790)'s genuine "speak in season" sense and carries no tagged occurrence independently attesting a shape/form sense.
- Bad002001001006
- This lexeme's sole tagged occurrence describes speaking a fitting, well-timed word of sustenance (Isaiah 50:4); this Bad domain code is bundle-shared alongside that sense and carries no tagged occurrence of עוּת (ʻûwth, H5790) independently attesting a bad/evil sense — indeed the illustrated act is presented favorably, not negatively.
- Unsafe002003003022
- This lexeme's sole tagged occurrence describes speaking a fitting word of sustenance (Isaiah 50:4); this Unsafe domain code is bundle-shared alongside that sense and carries no tagged occurrence of עוּת (ʻûwth, H5790) independently attesting an unsafe/dangerous sense.
- Wrong002001003019
- This lexeme's sole tagged occurrence describes speaking a fitting, sustaining word (Isaiah 50:4, "know how to sustain the weary one with a word"), the lexicalized sense "speak in season/at the right time"; this Wrong domain code is bundle-shared alongside that sense and carries no tagged occurrence of עוּת (ʻûwth, H5790) independently attesting a moral-wrong sense — the illustrated speech act is presented as fitting and helpful, not wrongful.
- Confident002001002003
- עוּת in this sense describes sustaining or helping a weary person with timely speech, as in Isaiah 50:4's servant who knows "how to sustain the weary one with a word" — a reassuring, confidence-building act distinct from its near-homograph's perverting sense.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5790. uth עוּת verb very dubious; only in דָּבָר אֶתיָֿעֵף לָעוּת לָדַעַת Isa 50:4…
עוּת verb very dubious; only in דָּבָר אֶתיָֿעֵף לָעוּת לָדַעַת Isa 50:4 usually to help, so Ges Del Di RyKau and others, but in that case an Aramaism (Aramaic *עות = Arabic , q. v. below עוּשׁ); text probably corrupt, ᵐ5 OortThT 1891, 469 לְעִתּוֺ, and strike out אֶתיָֿעֵף; Klo CheComm. לִרְעוֺת 'teach, edify,' Gr לַעֲנוֺת, CheHpt. לְהַחֲיוֺת.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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