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title: אֶגְלַיִם — Eglaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶגְלַיִם (97), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Eglaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶגְלַיִם

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«אֶגְלַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eglaim** — 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:** 97 · **BDB:** אֶגְלַ֫יִם

### Glosses

Eglaim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eglaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/97/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/97/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. town in Moab Is 15:8; (meaning?);? cf. Αἰγαλειμ (Euseb.) 9 m. S. of Areopolis; v. LagOnom.228, 98; ed. 2, p. 244.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶגְלַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/97/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.8/)

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כִּֽי־הִקִּ֥יפָה הַזְּעָקָ֖ה אֶת־גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֑ב עַד־אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ יִלְלָתָ֔הּ וּבְאֵ֥ר אֵילִ֖ים בְאֵ֥ר אֵילִ֖ים יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.has.gone.around the cry (et) the.territory of.Moab \[is\].to Eglaim wailing its and \[is to\].Beer.Elim wailing its

*JPS 1917:* For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

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