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title: לֹג — log · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֹג (3849), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: log. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֹג

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«לֹג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **log** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3849 · **BDB:** לֹג

### Glosses

a.log (2); the.log (2); of.the.log (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

log [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3849/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3849/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 14:10 a liquid measure (NH id.; Aramaic לוּגָּה; also ܠܰܓܳܐ, ܠܰܓܬܳܐ a (dessert-)dish, etc.; meaning of √ dub.; Thes comp. Arabic لَجَّ be deep, لُجٌّ depth, abyss);—ל׳ abs. Lv 14:10; cstr. v 12 + 3 times Lv 14; always of oil (שֶׁמֶן); Lv 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24 (P; all in law of purif. of leper); according to Talm. = 1/12 hin (v. הִין supr. p. 228; Zuckermann Jüd. Masssystem, 49) i.e. c. 1/2 litre; BenzArch. 182, 184 NowArch. i. 204 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «לֹג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3849/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 14:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.15/)

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וְלָקַ֥ח הַכֹּהֵ֖ן מִלֹּ֣ג הַשָּׁ֑מֶן וְיָצַ֛ק עַל־כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.take the priest some of.the.log of.(the) oil and he.will.pour.\[it\] on the.palm of the.priest (the) left

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

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[Leviticus 14:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.24/)

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וְלָקַ֧ח הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־כֶּ֥בֶשׂ הָאָשָׁ֖ם וְאֶת־לֹ֣ג הַשָּׁ֑מֶן וְהֵנִ֨יף אֹתָ֧ם הַכֹּהֵ֛ן תְּנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.take the priest (et) the.male.lamb of the.guilt.offering and (et) the.log of.(the) oil and he.will.wave them the priest a.wave-offering before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

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