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title: עֹלֵלוֹת — gleaning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹלֵלוֹת (5955), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: gleaning. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. intens. gleaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹלֵלוֹת

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«עֹלֵלוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gleaning** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5955 · **BDB:** עוֹלֵלוֹת

### Glosses

gleanings (5); \[are\].the.gleanings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gleaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5955/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. intens. gleaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5955/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. intens. gleaning (going over a second time);—gleaning (of grapes and olives; לֶקֶט of grain), always fig. of remnant: abs. ע׳ Is 17:6 (‖ כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת), 24:13 (sim.; ‖ id., + בָּצִיר), Je 49:9 (cf. בֹּצְרִים v a) = Ob 5 (id.); cstr. עֹלְלֹת בָּצִיר Mi 7:1; fig. of warlike achievement עֹלְלוֹת אֶפְרַיִם Ju 8:2 (opp. בָּצִיר).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹלֵלוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5955/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 49:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.9/)

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אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ לֹ֥א יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת אִם־גַּנָּבִ֥ים בַּלַּ֖יְלָה הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ דַיָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* if grape.gatherers they.came to you not will.they.leave? gleanings if thieves in the night they.destroyed sufficiency their

*JPS 1917:* If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

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[Judges 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.2/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מֶה־עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה כָּכֶ֑ם הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them what? have.I.done now like you ? not good \[are\].the.gleanings of.Ephraim more than.the.grape.harvest of.Abiezer

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

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