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title: עָלַע — they drink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלַע (5966), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: they drink. BDB 1906: vb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלַע

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«עָלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **they drink** — 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:** 5966 · **BDB:** עָלַע

### Glosses

they.drink (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

they drink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5966/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5966/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. assumed as √ of Impf. 3 mpl. יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם Jb 39:30 they drink(?) blood, but read prob. יְלַעְלְעוּ (√ I. לוּעַ) Thes Ol De Me Di al..

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5966/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.30/)

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וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חֲ֝לָלִ֗ים שָׁ֣ם הֽוּא׃פ

*Word for word:* and its.young ones they.drink blood and at where \[those\].slain.\[are\] \[is\].there it

*JPS 1917:* Her young ones also suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she.

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