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title: עוֹלֵל — child · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוֹלֵל (5768), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: child. BDB 1906: n.m. child. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוֹלֵל

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«עוֹלֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **child** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 5768 · **BDB:** עוֹלֵל²

### Glosses

children (13); a.child (2); child (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

child [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5768/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. child [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5768/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. La 2:19 child;—abs. עוֹלֵל 1 S 15:3 +, עוֹלָל Je 6:11; 9:20; usually pl. עוֹלְלִים ψ 8:3, עֹלְלִים Jb 3:16, עוֹלָלִים La 4:4 Jo 2:16; cstr. עֹלְלֵי La 2:20; sf. עֹלָלַיִךְ ψ 137:9, עֹלָלֶיהָ Mi 2:9 +, עֹלְלֵיהֶם 2 K 8:2 +, etc.;—child Mi 2:9 La 2:19, 20; 4:4; + יוֹנֵק (sometimes disting. from men and women), 1 S 15:3; 22:19 ψ 8:3 Je 44:7 La 2:11 Jo 2:16, ‖ בַּחוּרִים Je 6:11; 9:20; ‖ בָּנִים ψ 17:14 (heirs of father); dashed in pieces (רטשׁ) by for 2 K 8:12; Ho 14:1; Na 3:10; Is 13:16, cf. ψ 137:9 (נִפֵּץ); taken captive La 1:5; stillborn Jb 3:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוֹלֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5768/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.16/)

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א֤וֹכְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* or like a.miscarriage hidden not was.I? like children \[who\].not they.have.seen light

*JPS 1917:* Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.

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[Psalms 137:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.9/)

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אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃

*Word for word:* how.blessed! \[is the.one\].who.he.will.seize and he.will.smash (et) children your to the rock

*JPS 1917:* Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

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