עֱלִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5940

pestle — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

pestle tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֱלִי: pestle tree →

The whole BDB entry

n. [m.] pestle (as instrument above the mortar);—Pr 27:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Proverbs 27:22 · tree →

אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ

Word for word: if you.will.pound (et) the fool in (the) mortar among the grain(s) with the pestle not it.will.depart from with him foolishness his

JPS 1917: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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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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