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title: אוּלַי — Ulai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּלַי (195), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ulai. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. Ulai, Eulaeus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּלַי

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«אוּלַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ulai** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 195 · **BDB:** אוּלַי

### Glosses

Ulai (1); of.Ulai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ulai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/195/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.fl. Ulai, Eulaeus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/195/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. Ulai, Eulaeus (Assyrian Ulâi, cf. DlPa 329 Gr. Εὐλαιος) only אוּלָ֑י, river of Elam Dn 8:2, 16; = (at least in lower part) mod. Karûn (old Pasitigris) v. DlPa 177.189.329; in upper part perhaps also = mod. Kerkhah (= Choaspes), which was formerly connected with Karûn not far from Susa (LoftusTrav. \& Researches, 423 ff Schaff-Herz.iii. 2178, art. Shushan).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּלַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/195/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.16/)

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וָאֶשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹל־אָדָ֖ם בֵּ֣ין אוּלָ֑י וַיִּקְרָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל הָבֵ֥ן לְהַלָּ֖ז אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.heard \[the\].voice of.a.person between Ulai and he.called and he.said O.Gabriel explain to this.\[one\] (et) the vision

*JPS 1917:* And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.'

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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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