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title: עֱלִי — pestle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֱלִי (5940), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pestle. BDB 1906: pestle. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֱלִי

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«עֱלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pestle** — 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:** 5940 · **BDB:** עֱלִי

### Glosses

pestle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pestle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5940/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pestle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5940/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] pestle (as instrument above the mortar);—Pr 27:22.

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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 (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 «עֱלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5940/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.22/)

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אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* if you.will.pound (et) the fool in (the) mortar among the grain(s) with the pestle not it.will.depart from with him foolishness his

*JPS 1917:* Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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