עֶגְלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5697

heifer — used 12 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

heifer tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶגְלָה: n.f. heifer tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. heifer;—abs. ע׳ Gn 15:9 +; cstr. עֶגְלַת Is 7:21 +; sf. עֶגְלָתִי Ju 14:18; pl. cstr. עֶגְלוֹת Ho 10:5 (but v. infr.);—heifer, Is 7:21, used in ploughing Ju 14:18 (fig.), threshing Je 50:11 (ע׳ דָשָׁא, in sim., v. דּוּשׁ, read perhaps דָשָׁה), fig. of stateliness etc. Je 46:20; ע׳ מְלֻמָּדָה Ho 10:11 a trained heifer (sim. of Ephr.); used for sacrif. 1 S 16:2 (עֶגְלַת בָּקָר); cut in two for ratifying covenant Gn 15:9 (J; ע׳ מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת; cf. עֵגֶל Je 34:18, 19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Dt 21:3 (ע׳ בָּקָר), v 4(×2), 6; once of calves worshipped in N. Isr. Ho 10:5 (where read prob. עֵגֶל, so 𝔊 We Now GASm, cf. Che, v. also the foll. sfs. ms.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a heifer (5); heifer (4); [is] a heifer (1).

In the verses

Jeremiah 46:20 · tree →

עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖היְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃

Word for word: [is].a.heifer very beautiful Egypt a.gadfly from.[the] north [is].about.to.come [is].about.to.come

JPS 1917: Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.

Isaiah 7:21 · tree →

וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא יְחַיֶּה־אִ֛ישׁ עֶגְלַ֥ת בָּקָ֖ר וּשְׁתֵּי־צֹֽאן׃

Word for word: and it.will.be in the day (the) that he.will.preserve.alive a.person a.heifer of.[the].herd and two sheep

JPS 1917: And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep;

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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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