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title: אֵגֶל — drop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵגֶל (96), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: drop. BDB 1906: drop collections, stores, reserve-supply. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵגֶל

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«אֵגֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drop** — 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:** 96 · **BDB:** אֵ֫גֶל

### Glosses

\[the\].drops (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/96/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

drop collections, stores, reserve-supply [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/96/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] usually trans. drop, אֶגְלֵי־טָ֑ל dew-drops Jb 38:28 (‖ מָטָר) so Vrss De Di; Hoffm ‘Rückstände,’ ‘Ansammlungen,’ i.e. collections, stores, reserve-supply.

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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 (2 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 «אֵגֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/96/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.28/)

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הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[is\] there? for the rain a.father or who? does.he.father \[the\].drops of.dew

*JPS 1917:* Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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