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title: עָפַל — swell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָפַל (6075), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: swell. BDB 1906: vb. swell. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָפַל

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«עָפַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swell** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6075 · **BDB:** עָפַל

### Glosses

it.is.swollen (1); they.presumed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6075/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6075/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. swell (?; so Thes; inferred from deriv.; Arabic عَفَلٌ is a tumour in the vulva or anus, عَفِلَ appar. denom. (cf. ii. עֹפֶל) v. Assyrian uplu, prob. tumour (DlHWB 7 ublu, but v. JenTh Lz 1895, 250));— Pf. 3 fs. עֻפְּלָה Hb 2:4 according to MT (subj. נַפְשׁוֹ, cf. GASm); but subst. needed, BrdSK 1889, 121 הַנֶּעֱלָף, We Now הָעַוָּל, cf. GuKau.— v. II. עפל.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָפַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6075/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.4/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה עֻפְּלָ֔ה לֹא־יָשְׁרָ֥ה נַפְשׁ֖וֹ בּ֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֖יק בֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹ יִחְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* there! it.is.swollen not it.is.upright self his in him and.\[the\] righteous by faithfulness his he.will.live

*JPS 1917:* Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

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[Numbers 14:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.44/)

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וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ לַעֲל֖וֹת אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר וַאֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה֙ וּמֹשֶׁ֔ה לֹא־מָ֖שׁוּ מִקֶּ֥רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.presumed to go.up to the.top of the.hill.country and the.ark of.the.covenant of.Yahweh and Moses not they.departed from the.midst of the.camp

*JPS 1917:* But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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