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title: עֶגְלוֹן — Eglon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶגְלוֹן (5700), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Eglon. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶגְלוֹן

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«עֶגְלוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eglon** — 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:** 5700 · **BDB:** עֶגְלוֹן

### Glosses

Eglon (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eglon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5700/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5700/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (cf. GrayProp. N. 92, No. 27);— m. a king of Moab, Ju 3:12, 14, 15, 17(×2), 𝔊 Εγλωμ. loc. Jos 10:3, 5, 23, 37; 12:12; 15:34, c. ה loc. 10:34, מֵעֶגְלוֹ֫נָה v 36; 𝔊 Οδολλαμ Jos 10; Αιλαμ 12:12, A Εγλωμ, 𝔊L Εγλων, and so 15:39; site ʿAǧlân, N. of Telel-Ḥesy, BuhlGeogr. 192.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶגְלוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5700/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.14/)

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וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־עֶגְל֣וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָ֔ב שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.served the.people of.Israel (et) Eglon the.king of.Moab eight- teen year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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[Judges 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.17/)

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וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.near (et) the tribute to Eglon the.king of.Moab and Eglon \[was\].a.man fat very

*JPS 1917:* And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab — now Eglon was a very fat man.

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