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title: אֲלֻמָה — sheaf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲלֻמָה (485), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: sheaf. BDB 1906: n.f. sheaf. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲלֻמָה

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«אֲלֻמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sheaf** — 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:** 485 · **BDB:** אֲלֻמָּה

### Glosses

sheaves (3); sheaf (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sheaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/485/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sheaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/485/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sheaf, in Joseph’s dream Gn 37:7(×4) (E) sq. sf. אֲלֻמָּתִי, pl. אֲלֻמִּים, אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם; also ψ 126:6 אֲלֻמֹּתָיו (in fig. of ret. from captivity).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲלֻמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/485/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 126:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.6/)

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הָ֘ל֤וֹךְ יֵלֵ֨ךְ ׀ וּבָכֹה֮ נֹשֵׂ֪א מֶֽשֶׁךְ־הַ֫זָּ֥רַע בֹּֽ֬א־יָב֥וֹאבְרִנָּ֑ה נֹ֝שֵׂ֗א אֲלֻמֹּתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* going he.will.go and weeping carrying (the).bag of.(the) seed certainly.(come) he.will.come with a.shout.of.joy carrying sheaves his

*JPS 1917:* Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.

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[Genesis 37:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.7/)

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וְ֠הִנֵּה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה קָ֥מָה אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י וְגַם־נִצָּ֑בָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and there! we \[were\].binding sheaves in the.middle of the.field and there! it.arose sheaf my and also it.stood.upright and there! they.gathered.round sheaves your and they.bowed.down to sheaf my

*JPS 1917:* for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.'

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