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title: אֶלֶף — cattle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלֶף (504), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: cattle. BDB 1906: n.m. cattle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלֶף

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«אֶלֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cattle** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 504 · **BDB:** אֶ֫לֶף

### Glosses

your.cattle(s) (4); cattle(s) (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cattle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/504/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cattle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/504/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 8:8; only pl. cattle (Ph. אלף, Assyrian alpu, COTGloss.)—אֲלָפִים Pr 14:4 Is 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man ψ 8:8 (‖ צֹנֶה); their increase שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ a blessing Dt 7:13; 28:4, 18, 51 (‖ all עַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶ֑ךָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 «אֶלֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/504/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.8.8/)

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צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃

*Word for word:* sheep and cattle(s) of.them all and also \[the\].animals of.\[the\].field

*JPS 1917:* Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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[Proverbs 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.4/)

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בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃

*Word for word:* when there.\[are\].not cattle(s) \[the\].feeding.trough \[is\].clean and abundance of.produce(s) \[is\].by.\[the\] strength of.an.ox

*JPS 1917:* Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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