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title: עֲלוּקָה — leech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲלוּקָה (5936), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: leech. BDB 1906: n.f. leech. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲלוּקָה

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«עֲלוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leech** — 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:** 5936 · **BDB:** עֲלוּקָה

### Glosses

a.leech (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5936/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. leech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5936/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. leech (perhaps Aramaic loan-wd.; \> vampyre-like demon, Ew al. = Arabic ʿAulaḳ WeHeid. 2, 149, or name of sage, as some Rabb.; v. discussion De Toy);—לַע׳ שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת Pr 30:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «עֲלוּקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5936/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.15/)

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לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה ׀ שְׁתֵּ֥י בָנוֹת֮ הַ֤ב ׀ הַ֥ב שָׁל֣וֹשׁ הֵ֭נָּה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־אָ֥מְרוּ הֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* \[belong\].to a.leech two daughters give give three.\[things\] they not they.are.satisfied four.\[things\] not they.say enough

*JPS 1917:* The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough':

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