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title: עָגִיל — hoop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגִיל (5694), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hoop. BDB 1906: hoop, ring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגִיל

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«עָגִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hoop** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5694 · **BDB:** עָגִיל

### Glosses

an.earring (1); earrings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hoop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hoop, ring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hoop, ring;—abs. ע׳ Nu 31:50 prob. ear-ring (+ טַבַּעַת, etc.); pl. עֲגִילִים עַל־ אָזְנָ֑יִךְ Ez 16:12 (+ נֶזֶם עַל־אַפֵּךְ nose-ring).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָגִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.12/)

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וָאֶתֵּ֥ן נֶ֙זֶם֙ עַל־אַפֵּ֔ךְ וַעֲגִילִ֖ים עַל־אָזְנָ֑יִךְ וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* and I.put a.ring on nose your and earrings on ears your and a.crown of.beauty on head your

*JPS 1917:* And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

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[Numbers 31:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.50/)

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וַנַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֣ן יְהוָ֗ה אִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָצָ֤א כְלִֽי־זָהָב֙ אֶצְעָדָ֣ה וְצָמִ֔יד טַבַּ֖עַת עָגִ֣יל וְכוּמָ֑ז לְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.brought.near (et) the.offering of.Yahweh everyone \[that\].which he.found an.article of.gold an.armlet and a.bracelet a.signet-ring an.earring and an.ornament to make.atonement on selves our before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'

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