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title: בְּלִיל — fodder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּלִיל (1098), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: fodder. BDB 1906: n.m. fodder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּלִיל

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«בְּלִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fodder** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1098 · **BDB:** בְּלִיל

### Glosses

fodder (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fodder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1098/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fodder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1098/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 30:24 fodder (Aramaic ܒܠܝܺܠ; cf. Arabic بُلَّةٌ moisture of fresh pasture)—בְּלִיל Is 30:24; sf. בְּלִילוֹ Jb 6:5; 24:6—fodder (strictly, mixed fodder, farrago) Jb 6:5; as growing in field 24:6 cf. Is 30:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּלִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1098/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.6/)

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בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃

*Word for word:* in the field fodder his they.harvest and.\[the\] vineyard of.\[the\].wicked they.glean

*JPS 1917:* They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.

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[Job 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.5/)

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הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּ֥רֶא עֲלֵי־דֶ֑שֶׁא אִ֥ם יִגְעֶה־שּׁ֝֗וֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* does it.bray? a.wild.donkey on fresh.grass or? does.it.low an.ox on fodder its

*JPS 1917:* Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

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