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title: עִילַי — Ilai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִילַי (5866), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ilai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִילַי

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«עִילַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ilai** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5866 · **BDB:** עֵילַי

### Glosses

Ilai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ilai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5866/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5866/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 11:29, Ηλει, Ηλα (= צַלְמוֹן 2 S 23:28).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִילַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5866/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.29/)

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סִבְּכַי֙ הַחֻ֣שָׁתִ֔י עִילַ֖י הָאֲחוֹחִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite

*JPS 1917:* Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite;

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