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title: עֵגֶל — calf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵגֶל (5695), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: calf. BDB 1906: n.m. calf. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵגֶל

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«עֵגֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **calf** — 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 5695 · **BDB:** עֵ֫גֶל

### Glosses

calves (11); a.calf (9); calf (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

calf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5695/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. calf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5695/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 32:24 calf (as rolling or gamboling? cf. כַּר fr. כָּרַר; NH id.; Ph. (Pu.) עגל id. Lzb 336; עגילו Palm. n.pr. id. Cook89; Aramaic ܥܶܓܠܴܐ, ܥܓܶܠܬܳܐ, עִיגְלָא, עֲגַלְתָּא, id.; Assyrian \[agalu\], pl. agalê prob. calves DlHWB 16 (cf. against this JenKosmol. 110, but v. also JägerBAS ii. 2, 286); Arabic عِجْلٌ, id.; Ethiopic እጕል, እጉልት, cf. also HomNS 226);—ע׳ abs. Ex 32:19 +; cstr. 1 S 28:24 +; sf. עֶגְלֵךְ Ho 8:5; pl. עֲגָלִים Ho 13:2 +; cstr. עֶגְלֵי 1 K 12:28 +;—calf, Is 11:6; 27:10 in sim. of leaping mts. ψ 29:6; in sim. of foot-sole of cherubim Ez 1:7; ע׳ מַרְבֵּק i.e. a stall-fed (fatted) calf, 1 S 28:24, in sim. Je 46:21; Mal 3:20, cf. ע׳ מִתּוֹךְ מַרְבֵּק Am 6:4; ע׳ לֹא לֻמָּ֑ד Je 31:18 an untrained calf; עֶגְלֵי עַמִּים ψ 68:31 calves of peoples, i.e. peoples like calves, so most; perhaps read בַּעֲלֵי עמ׳ Matthes Che GunkelSchöpf. 66 f. cf. Bae; calf as sacrif. victim Mi 6:6; Lv 9:2, 3, 8 (P); cut in two, in ratifying covenant Je 34:18, 19 (cf. עֶגְלָה Gn 15:9); elsewhere image of calf: made at Horeb, ע׳ מַסֵּכָה Ex 32:4, 8; Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18; ע׳ alone Ex 32:19, 20, 24, 35; Dt 9:21 ψ 106:19; two set up by Jerob. I in N. Isr., 1 K 12:28, 32; 2 K 10:29; 17:16 2 Ch 11:15; 13:8, cf. Ho 8:5, 6 (עֶגְלֵךְ, ע׳ שֹׁמְרוֹן), 13:2; also 10:5 (v. i. עֶגְלָה as fin.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵגֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5695/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.19/)

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יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵ֥גֶל בְּחֹרֵ֑ב וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.made a.calf at Horeb and they.bowed.down to a.molten.image

*JPS 1917:* They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

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[Psalms 29:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.29.6/)

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וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he made.them.leap.about like a.calf Lebanon and Sirion like a.young.one of.wild.oxen

*JPS 1917:* He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

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