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title: אוּלָם — but · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּלָם (199), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: but. BDB 1906: adv. but, but indeed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּלָם

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«אוּלָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **but** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 199 · **BDB:** אוּלָם⁴

### Glosses

but (19)

### Meaning (OSHB)

but [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. but, but indeed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Jb 17:10, perhaps for sake of assonance with following כֻּלָּם) אֻלָּם adv. but, but indeed, a strong adversative Jb 2:5; 5:8; 13:3 (where 𝔊 excellently οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλά). More usually with וְ, וְאוּלָם Gn 28:19 (cf. Ju 18:29) 48:19 howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, Ex 9:16 but in very deed, Nu 14:21 (cf. 1 S 20:3; 25:34) 1 K 20:23 Mic 3:8 Jb 1:11; 11:5; 12:7; 13:4; 14:18; 17:10; 33:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּלָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.4/)

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וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and but you \[are.those.who\].smear of.falsehood \[are\].healers of.worthlessness of.you all

*JPS 1917:* But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

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[Job 13:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.3/)

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אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל־שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל־אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

*Word for word:* but I to \[the\].Almighty I.will.speak and to.argue to God I.desire

*JPS 1917:* Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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