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title: אַחְלָי — Ahlai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחְלָי (304), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ahlai. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחְלָי

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«אַחְלָי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahlai** — 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:** 304 · **BDB:** אַחְלָ֑י

### Glosses

\[were\].Ahlai (1); of.Ahlai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahlai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/304/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/304/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (DlPr 210 trans. O! would that! (cf. אַחְלַי sub iii. אָח supr. p. 25) § comp. interjectional Bab. name Aḫulapia, O! that I at last! ZimBP 116; cf. Ol§ 277; otherwise HalJAS 7, x. 360) f. daughter of Sheshan 1 Ch 2:31; so Be Öt al. in view of v 34. m. father of one of David’s mighty men (not in 2 S 23) 1 Ch 11:41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחְלָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/304/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.41/)

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אֽוּרִיָּה֙ הַחִתִּ֔י זָבָ֖ד בֶּן־אַחְלָֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Uriah the Hittite Zabad the.son of.Ahlai

*JPS 1917:* Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;

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[1 Chronicles 2:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אַפַּ֖יִם יִשְׁעִ֑י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׁעִי֙ שֵׁשָׁ֔ן וּבְנֵ֥י שֵׁשָׁ֖ן אַחְלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Appaim \[were\].Ishi and the.sons of.Ishi \[were\].Sheshan and the.sons of.Sheshan \[were\].Ahlai

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

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