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title: לֹיָה — wreath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֹיָה (3914), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wreath. BDB 1906: n.f. wreath. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֹיָה

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«לֹיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wreath** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3914 · **BDB:** לֹיָה

### Glosses

wreaths (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wreath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3914/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wreath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3914/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wreath? (meaning dubious, cf. StaZAW iii. 1883, 161; poss. = לְוֹיָה);—pl. לֹיוֹת 1 K 7:29, 30, 36 of carved work on bases of lavers in Solomon’s temple.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֹיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3914/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.36/)

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וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַֽעַר־אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.engraved on the plates hands its and on rims its cherubim lions and palm.trees according to.the.clear.space of.each and wreaths \[were\].all.around

*JPS 1917:* And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

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[1 Kings 7:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.29/)

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וְעַֽל־הַמִּסְגְּר֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ בֵּ֣ין הַשְׁלַבִּ֗ים אֲרָי֤וֹת ׀ בָּקָר֙ וּכְרוּבִ֔ים וְעַל־הַשְׁלַבִּ֖ים כֵּ֣ן מִמָּ֑עַל וּמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַאֲרָי֣וֹת וְלַבָּקָ֔ר לֹי֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה מוֹרָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the rims which \[were\].between the.cross bars lions ox\[en\] and cherubim and.\[was\] on the.cross bars a.base from above and.\[were\] from under to the.lions and to the ox\[en\] wreaths \[the\].work of.descent

*JPS 1917:* and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

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