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דְּלִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1805

bucket — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

bucket tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דְּלִי: bucket tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] bucket, כְּמַר מִדְּלִי like a drop (hanging) from a bucket Is 40:15; du. sf. יִזַּל־מַיִם מִדָּֽלְיָו Nu 24:7 cf. Di (on form dolyāw cf. Ew§ 180 a & Anm. 3, also Sta§ 52 a); fig. of Israel’s prosperity.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a bucket (1); buckets (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 40:15 · tree →

הֵ֤ן גּוֹיִם֙ כְּמַ֣ר מִדְּלִ֔י וּכְשַׁ֥חַק מֹאזְנַ֖יִם נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ הֵ֥ן אִיִּ֖ים כַּדַּ֥ק יִטּֽוֹל׃

Word for word: there! nations [are].like a.drop from a.bucket and like.[the] dust of.balances they.are.regarded there! islands like.(the) fine [dust] he.lifts

JPS 1917: Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight.

Numbers 24:7 · tree →

יִֽזַּל־מַ֙יִם֙ מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔ו וְזַרְע֖וֹ בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וְיָרֹ֤ם מֵֽאֲגַג֙ מַלְכּ֔וֹ וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א מַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: it.will.flow water from buckets its and offspring its [will be].in.waters many and he.will.be.high more than.Agag king its and it.will.be.exalted kingdom its

JPS 1917: Water shall flow from his branches, and his seed shall be in many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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