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title: יַעֲלָה — mountain-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעֲלָה (3280), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mountain-goat. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעֲלָה

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«יַעֲלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mountain-goat** — 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:** 3280 · **BDB:** יַעֲלָה

### Glosses

a.mountain.goat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mountain-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3280/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3280/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. = i. יָעֵל (female);—אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְיַעֲלַת חֵן Pr 5:19 fig. of wife.

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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 (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעֲלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3280/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.19/)

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אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* a.doe of.loves and a.mountain.goat of.grace breasts her may they.satisfy.you at every time by love her may.you.be.intoxicated continually

*JPS 1917:* A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

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