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title: אֱלוּל — Elul · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלוּל (435), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Elul. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלוּל

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«אֱלוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elul** — 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:** 435 · **BDB:** אֱלוּל

### Glosses

Elul (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elul [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/435/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/435/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. of 6th month, Aug.–Sept. Ne 6:15 (Mish. id., Pal. אלול Vog79, Assyrian Ululu COT Ne 1:1, Arabic أَيْلُول, Aramaic ܐܻܝܠܘܽܠܴܐ ).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/435/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.15/)

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וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לֶאֱל֑וּל לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יֽוֹם׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was.complete the wall on.\[day\] twenty and five of Elul to fifty and two day\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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