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title: עֲלִיל — furnace · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲלִיל (5948), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: furnace. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲלִיל

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«עֲלִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **furnace** — 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:** 5948 · **BDB:** עֲלִיל

### Glosses

a.crucible (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

furnace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5948/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** appar. n.\[m.\], only כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּע׳ לָאָרֶץ ψ 12:7, usually (after 𝔗 כּוּרָא) furnace, crucible (Hup from III. עלל; De al. workshop, from I. עלל), but wholly dub.; NH openly LevyNHWB iii. 654; Che Du del. as gloss; cf. discussion CheExpos. Times viii. 236, 336 Ne ib. 287, 379.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲלִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5948/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 12:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.7/)

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אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֪וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.words of.Yahweh \[are\].words pure silver refined in a.crucible of the earth refined sevenfold

*JPS 1917:* The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

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