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title: עֲלִילָה — wantonness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲלִילָה (5949), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: wantonness. BDB 1906: n.f. wantonness, deed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲלִילָה

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«עֲלִילָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wantonness** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 5949 · **BDB:** עֲלִילָה

### Glosses

deeds (11); practices (8); to (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wantonness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5949/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wantonness, deed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5949/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wantonness, deed;—abs. ע׳ ψ 14:1; 66:5; elsewhere pl. עֲלִלוֹת 1 S 2:3 ψ 141:4; cstr. עֲלִילֹת Dt 22:14, 17; sf. עֲלִילוֹתֶיךָ ψ 77:13, עֲלִילוֹתָם Zp 3:7 +, etc.;— wantonness, ע׳ דְּבָרִים Dt 22:14, 17 wantonness of words, i.e. baseless charges (cf. Di, especially Dr). deed: in gen., of men 1 S 2:3. of י׳ (only ψψ) ψ 9:12 = 105:1 = Is 12:4 = 1 Ch 16:8, ψ 77:13 (‖ פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ), 78:11 (‖ נִפְלְאוֹתָיו), 103:7; נוֹרָא ע׳ עַל 66:5 he is terrible in deed toward, etc. usually practices = evil deeds (especially Ez 8 times): Ez 14:22, 23; 20:43; 24:14; 36:17, 19 (all ‖ דֶּרֶךְ), fully ע׳ הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת 20:44 (‖ ד׳ הָרָעִים); 21:29 Zp 3:11; הִשְׁחִיתוּ כָּל־ע׳ v 7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲלִילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5949/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 66:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.5/)

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לְכ֣וּ וּ֭רְאוּ מִפְעֲל֣וֹת אֱלֹהִ֑ים נוֹרָ֥א עֲ֝לִילָ֗ה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* come and see the.works of.God awesome deed on the.children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

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[Psalms 78:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.11/)

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וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had.shown.them

*JPS 1917:* And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.

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