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title: אׇהֳלִיבָה — Oholibah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇהֳלִיבָה (172), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Oholibah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Ohŏliba. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אׇהֳלִיבָה

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«אׇהֳלִיבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Oholibah** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 172 · **BDB:** אָהֳלִיבָה

### Glosses

Oholibah (5); O.Oholibah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Oholibah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/172/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Ohŏliba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/172/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Ohŏliba (= אָהֳלִיבָהּ tent in her = (in meaning) אָהֳלָה cf. Sm) of Jerusalem as adulterous wife of י׳ Ez 23:4(×2), 11, 22, 36, 44.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «אׇהֳלִיבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/172/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.11/)

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וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.saw sister her Oholibah and she.acted.corruptly lust her more than.her and (et) prostitution(s) her more than.the.prostitution(s) her.sister her

*JPS 1917:* And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

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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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