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title: אֻבָל — stream · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֻבָל (180), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: stream. BDB 1906: stream, river. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֻבָל

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«אֻבָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stream** — 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:** 180 · **BDB:** אוּבָל

### Glosses

canal (2); the.canal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/180/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

stream, river [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/180/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] stream, river (= יוּבַל)—only הָאֻבָל Dn 8:3, 6 אוּבַל אוּלָ֑י 8:2 the river Ulai.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֻבָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/180/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.6/)

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וַיָּבֹ֗א עַד־הָאַ֙יִל֙ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאִ֔יתִי עֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י הָאֻבָ֑ל וַיָּ֥רָץ אֵלָ֖יו בַּחֲמַ֥ת כֹּחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.came to the ram the.possessor of the.two.horns which I.had.seen standing before the canal and it.ran against it in the.rage its.strength his

*JPS 1917:* And he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the stream, and ran at him in the fury of his power.

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[Daniel 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.2/)

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וָֽאֶרְאֶה֮ בֶּחָזוֹן֒ וַיְהִי֙ בִּרְאֹתִ֔י וַאֲנִי֙ בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵילָ֣ם הַמְּדִינָ֑ה וָאֶרְאֶה֙ בֶּֽחָז֔וֹן וַאֲנִ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי עַל־אוּבַ֥ל אוּלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw in the vision and it.was when saw I and I \[was\].in Susa the citadel which \[is\].in Elam the province and I.saw in the vision and I I.was at the.canal of.Ulai

*JPS 1917:* And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the castle, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the stream Ulai.

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