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title: עֲטַלֵּף — bat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲטַלֵּף (5847), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bat. BDB 1906: bat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲטַלֵּף

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«עֲטַלֵּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bat** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5847 · **BDB:** עֲטַלֵּף

### Glosses

bat (2); bats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5847/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5847/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bat (quadrilit., Ges§ 85 w Sta§ 243, 8; NH id.; Ph. οθολαβαδ GesMon. Ph. 391; LewyFremdw. 17 cp. ἀττέλεβος, name of a locust in N. Africa Herod. iv. 172);—י׳ abs. Lv 11:19 (H), = Dt 14:18 (unclean creature); pl. עֲטַלֵּפִים Is 2:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲטַלֵּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5847/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.18/)

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וְהַ֣חֲסִידָ֔ה וְהָאֲנָפָ֖ה לְמִינָ֑הּ וְהַדּוּכִיפַ֖ת וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃

*Word for word:* and the stork and the heron to kind its and the hoopoe and the bat

*JPS 1917:* and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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[Leviticus 11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.19/)

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וְאֵת֙ הַחֲסִידָ֔ה הָאֲנָפָ֖ה לְמִינָ֑הּ וְאֶת־הַדּוּכִיפַ֖ת וְאֶת־הָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the stork the heron to kind its and (et) the hoopoe and (et) the bat

*JPS 1917:* and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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