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title: עֲוִיל — young boy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲוִיל (5759), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: young boy. BDB 1906: n.m. young boy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲוִיל

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«עֲוִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young boy** — 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:** 5759 · **BDB:** עֲוִיל²

### Glosses

boys (1); young.boys (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young boy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5759/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young boy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5759/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. young boy;—pl. עֲוִילִים Jb 19:18; sf. עֲוִילֵיהֶם 21:11.—ii. עֲוִיל sub III. עול.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲוִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5759/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 19:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.18/)

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גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also young.boys they.reject (in) me I.arise and they.spoke against me

*JPS 1917:* Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.

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[Job 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.11/)

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יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* they.send.forth like (the) flock boys their.young and children their they leap.about

*JPS 1917:* They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

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