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עַוָּתָה

av.va.tah

oppression

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Strong’s H5792Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

oppression1

In the text

Lamentations 3:59עַוָּתָתִי
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[עַוָּתָה] n.f. subversion, i.e. deprivation of justice;—sf. La 3:59

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.