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title: עֹל — yoke · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹל (5923), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: yoke. BDB 1906: n.m. yoke. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹל

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«עֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **yoke** — 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:** 40 times · **Key:** 5923 · **BDB:** עֹל²

### Glosses

yoke (17); a.yoke (9); the.yoke (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

yoke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5923/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. yoke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5923/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 12:4 yoke;—ע׳ abs. Ho 11:4 +; cstr. Is 9:3 +; sf. עֻלֵּךְ Je 2:20 Is 47:6, עֻלּוֹ Gn 27:40 +, עֻלְּכֶם 1 K 12:11, etc.;—yoke, for cattle, עָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם ע׳ 1 S 6:7, cf. Nu 19:2 (P), מָֽשְׁכָה בְּע׳ Dt 21:3; usually fig. of servitude 1 K 12:4, 10, 11(×2), 14(×2) = 2 Ch 10:4, 10, 11(×2), 14; נָתַן ע׳ עַל 1 K 12:4, 9 = 2 Ch 10:4, 9; וְנָתַן ע׳ בַּרְזֶל עַל־צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ Dt 28:48, so Je 28:14; עַל־זָקֵן הִכְבַּדְתְּ ע׳ Is 47:6; also אֶת־צַוָּארוֹ בְּעֹל (הֵבִיא) נָתַן Je 27:8, 11, 12; שָׁבַר ע׳ break the yoke Je 2:20; 5:5; 28:2, 4, 11; 30:8 (+ מֵעַל צ׳), so מֹטֹת ע׳ Lv 26:13 (H), Ez 34:27 (v. מוֹטָה); פָּרַק ע׳ Gn 27:40 (J; + מֵעַל צ׳); הֵחֵת ע׳ Is 9:3; cf. הֵרִים ע׳ Ho 11:4; also יָסוּר ע׳ מֵעַל צ׳ Is 10:27, and 14:25; fig. of transgressions La 1:14, del. ע׳ 𝔊 𝔙 Löhr Bu, but read עֹל v b (v. id.); of hardship, נָשָׂא ע׳ 3:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5923/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.27/)

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ט֣וֹב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* \[is\].good for (the) man (cmp) he.will.bear a.yoke in youth(s) his

*JPS 1917:* It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

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[Jeremiah 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.2/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁבַ֞רְתִּי אֶת־עֹ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh of.hosts the.God of.Israel (cmp) I.will.break (et) the.yoke of.the.king of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* 'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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