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title: אַלּוּף — tame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלּוּף (lemma:אַלּוּף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: tame. BDB 1906: adj. tame n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלּוּף

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«אַלּוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tame** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:אַלּוּף · **BDB:** אַלּוּף

### Glosses

a.close.friend (3); \[were\].the.close.friend (1); a.tame.one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. tame n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. tame—א׳ abs. Mi 7:5 +; cstr. Pr 2:17 +; sf. אַלּוּפִי ψ 55:14; pl. אַלֻּפִים Je 13:21, sf. אַלּוּפֵינוּ ψ 144:14, etc.;— tame, docile, כֶּבֶשׂ אַלּוּף a docile (gentle) lamb Je 11:19. n.m. friend, intimate ψ 55:14 (‖ מְיֻדָּע) Mi 7:5 (‖ רֵעַ) Pr 16:28; 17:9 Je 13:21; of a woman’s husband א׳ נְעוּרֶיהָ Pr 2:17; fig. of י׳ as husband of Judah, id., Je 3:4. i.q. 1. אֶלֶף; אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים ψ 144:14 (i.e. cows).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלּוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/)

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אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןמַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.perversiti(es) he.sends.out strife and a.slanderer \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

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[Proverbs 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.9/)

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מְֽכַסֶּה־פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].conceals a.transgression \[is\].seeking love and \[one.who\].repeats (in).a matter \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.

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