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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5645",
  "lemma": "עָב",
  "transliteration": "ʻâb",
  "definition": "properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse",
  "kjv": "clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).",
  "occurrences": 32,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5743",
      "lemma": "עוּב",
      "transliteration": "ʻûwb",
      "meaning": "to be dense or dark, i.e. to becloud",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5743"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עָב 53 n.m. dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 19:9",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 5:4",
      "text": "“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:12",
      "text": "He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 23:4",
      "text": "shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:44",
      "text": "On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.” He said, “Go up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=44"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:45",
      "text": "In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:6",
      "text": "I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 14:14",
      "text": "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 18:4",
      "text": "For the LORD said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 19:1",
      "text": "The burden of Egypt. “Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=1"
    }
  ],
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