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title: אַלּוּף — chief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלּוּף (441), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: chief. BDB 1906: n.m. chief, chiliarch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלּוּף

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«אַלּוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chief** — 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:** 60 times · **Key:** 441 · **BDB:** אַלּוּף²

### Glosses

chief (43); \[were\].the.chiefs (9); the.chiefs (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/441/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chief, chiliarch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/441/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 Ch 1:51 chief, chiliarch (denom. from ii. אֶלָף v. Di Gn 36:15)—א׳ abs. Gn 36:15 +; pl. cstr. אַלּוּפֵי (אַלֻּפֵי) Ex 15:15 +; sf. אַלּוּפֵיהֶם Gn 36:19, 30—chief (tribal) of Edom Gn 36:15 (5 times) + 38 times Gn 36 (P); Ex 15:15 (E) 1 Ch 1:51 (4 times) + 9 times; of Judah Zc 12:5, 6; so אַלֻּף 9:7 (in sim.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלּוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/441/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.41/)

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אַלּ֧וּף אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה אַלּ֥וּף אֵלָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף פִּינֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* chief Oholibamah chief Elah chief Pinon

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

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[Genesis 36:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.42/)

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אַלּ֥וּף קְנַ֛ז אַלּ֥וּף תֵּימָ֖ן אַלּ֥וּף מִבְצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* chief Kenaz chief Teman chief Mibzar

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

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