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title: עֶגְלָה — Eglah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶגְלָה (5698), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eglah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶגְלָה

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«עֶגְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eglah** — 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:** 5698 · **BDB:** עֶגְלָה²

### Glosses

Eglah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eglah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5698/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5698/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of David (on sense heifer cf. לֵאָה, רָחֵל; v. also GrayProp. N. 92, No. 27);—2 S 3:5 (𝔊 Αιγαλ, A Αιγας, 𝔊L Αγλα) = 1 Ch 3:3 (𝔊 Αλα, A Αγλα, 𝔊L Εγλα).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶגְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5698/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.3/)

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הַחֲמִישִׁ֥י שְׁפַטְיָ֖ה לַאֲבִיטָ֑ל הַשִּׁשִּׁ֥י יִתְרְעָ֖ם לְעֶגְלָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the fifth \[was\].Shephatiah of Abital the sixth \[was\].Ithream of Eglah wife his

*JPS 1917:* the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

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[2 Samuel 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.5/)

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וְהַשִּׁשִּׁ֣י יִתְרְעָ֔ם לְעֶגְלָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת דָּוִ֑ד אֵ֛לֶּה יֻלְּד֥וּ לְדָוִ֖ד בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] the sixth Ithream of Eglah the.wife of.David these they.were.born to David in Hebron

*JPS 1917:* and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

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