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title: אַחְלָב — Ahlab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחְלָב (303), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ahlab. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחְלָב

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«אַחְלָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahlab** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 303 · **BDB:** אַחְלָב²

### Glosses

Ahlab (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahlab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/303/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/303/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. town assigned to Asher Ju 1:31, site unknown, 𝔊 Δαλαφ (= Ααλαφ) (WMaxMüllerAsien u. Europa 194 thinks corrupt. for מחלב, Assyrian Maḫalliba (which SchrCOT Ju 1:31 DlPa 283 comp. with אחלב and חֶלְבָּה); he reads n.pr.loc. מחלב for מֵחֶבֶל Jos 19:29, 𝔊 καὶ ἀπὸ Λεβ = וּמֵחֹלֶב; this would be on coast, N. of Achzib).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «אַחְלָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/303/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 1:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.31/)

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אָשֵׁ֗ר לֹ֤א הוֹרִישׁ֙ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י עַכּ֔וֹ וְאֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י צִיד֑וֹן וְאֶת־אַחְלָ֤ב וְאֶת־אַכְזִיב֙ וְאֶת־חֶלְבָּ֔ה וְאֶת־אֲפִ֖יק וְאֶת־רְחֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* Asher not it.dispossessed (et) the.inhabitants of.Acco and (et) the.inhabitants of.Sidon and (et) Ahlab and (et) Aczib and (et) Helbah and (et) Aphek and (et) Rehob

*JPS 1917:* Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

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