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title: עוּל — give suck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּל (5763), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: give suck. BDB 1906: vb. give suck. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּל

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«עוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **give suck** — 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:** 5763 · **BDB:** עוּל

### Glosses

nursing (2); nursing.\[ewes\] (2); \[are\].nursing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

give suck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5763/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. give suck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5763/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. give suck (Arabic غيل, غَالَ give suck (while pregnant); cf. Aramaic ܥܽܘܠܴܐ foetus, sucking child; ܥܺܝܠܴܐ foal, so Ethiopic ዕዋል Talm עִילָה);— Pt. fpl. עָלוֹת giving suck, of cows 1 S 6:7, 10, ewes ψ 78:71 and (fig. of returning exiles) Is 40:11; of both Gn 33:13 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5763/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.71/)

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מֵאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ לִ֭רְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* from after nursing.\[ewes\] he brought.him to shepherd (in) Jacob people his and (in) Israel inheritance his

*JPS 1917:* From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

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[Isaiah 40:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.11/)

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כְּרֹעֶה֙ עֶדְר֣וֹ יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּזְרֹעוֹ֙ יְקַבֵּ֣ץ טְלָאִ֔ים וּבְחֵיק֖וֹ יִשָּׂ֑א עָל֖וֹת יְנַהֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* like a.shepherd flock his he.will.shepherd in arm\[s\] his he.will.gather lambs and in bosom his he.will.carry.\[them\] nursing.\[ewes\] he.will.lead

*JPS 1917:* Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck.

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