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title: אׇהֳלָה — Oholah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇהֳלָה (170), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Oholah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Ohŏla. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אׇהֳלָה

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«אׇהֳלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Oholah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 170 · **BDB:** אָהֳלָה

### Glosses

Oholah (4); \[was\].Oholah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Oholah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/170/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Ohŏla [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/170/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Ohŏla (for אָהֳלָהּ she who has a tent, tent-woman, i.e. worshipper at tent-shrine, v. Sm) of Samaria, adulteress with Assyria Ez 23:4(×2), 5, 36, 44.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אׇהֳלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/170/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.5/)

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וַתִּ֥זֶן אָהֳלָ֖ה תַּחְתָּ֑י וַתַּעְגַּב֙ עַֽל־מְאַהֲבֶ֔יהָ אֶל־אַשּׁ֖וּר קְרוֹבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and she.acted.as.a.prostitute Oholah under me and she.lusted on lovers her to Assyria \[were\].warriors

*JPS 1917:* And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

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[Ezekiel 23:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.44/)

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וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֔יהָ כְּב֖וֹא אֶל־אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן בָּ֗אוּ אֶֽל־אָֽהֳלָה֙ וְאֶל־אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה אִשֹּׁ֖ת הַזִּמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went into her as goes into a.woman a.prostitute so they.went into Oholah and into Oholibah the.women of.(the) licentiousness

*JPS 1917:* For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.

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