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title: עָלַל — act the child · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלַל (lemma:עָלַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: act the child. BDB 1906: vb. denom. act play the child Pōʿ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלַל

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«עָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **act the child** — 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:** lemma:עָלַל · **BDB:** עָלַל³

### Glosses

I.have.inserted (1); \[is\].acting.like.children (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

act the child [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. act play the child Pōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. act or play the child;—only Pōʿ. Pt. עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֹלֵל Is 3:12 my people—its ruler is acting the child.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.15/)

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שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* sackcloth I.have.sewed over skin my and I.have.inserted in the dust horn my

*JPS 1917:* I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

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[Isaiah 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.12/)

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עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑וֹ עַמִּי֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* people my oppressors its \[is\].acting.like.children and women they.have.ruled over it my.people my guides your \[are\].leading.astray and the.way your.paths your they.have.confused

*JPS 1917:* As for My people, a babe is their master, and women rule over them. O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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