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title: עָלֶה — leaf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלֶה (5929), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: leaf. BDB 1906: n.m. leaf, leafage Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלֶה

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«עָלֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leaf** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 5929 · **BDB:** עָלֶה

### Glosses

leafage (9); leaves (5); a.leaf (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5929/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. leaf, leafage Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5929/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. leaf, leafage (v. עלה Qal 4);—ע׳ Lv 26:36 +; cstr. עֲלֵה Gn 3:7; 8:11; sf. עָלֵהוּ Je 17:8 +; pl. cstr. עֲלֵי Ne 8:15 +; sf. עָלֶהָ Is 1:30;—leaf, leafage, of various trees Gn 3:7; 8:11; Ne 8:15(×5); green Je 17:8, flourishing Pr 11:28; but usually fading Is 1:30; 34:4; 64:5; Je 8:13; Ez 47:12 ψ 1:3; driven leaf Lv 26:36; Jb 13:25; עלה לִתְרוּפָה leaf for healing Ez 47:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5929/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.25/)

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הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃

*Word for word:* a leaf? driven.about will.you.terrify and (et) chaff dry will.you.pursue?

*JPS 1917:* Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?

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[Proverbs 11:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.28/)

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בּוֹטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭עָשְׁרוֹ ה֣וּא יִפֹּ֑ל וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִפְרָֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].trusts in wealth his he he.will.fall and like (the) leaf righteous.\[people\] they.will.bud

*JPS 1917:* He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as foliage.

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