Strong's Lexicon

H5697

H5697 — עֶגלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebreweglahnoun femOccurrences: 14TWOT: 1560b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5697
Word:עֶגלָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H5695
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:14
Transliteration:eglah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`eglah (eg-law') n-f.
Meaning:1. a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
KJV Renderings:calf, cow, heifer.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5790

I. עֶגְלָה noun feminine heifer; — absolute ׳ ע Gen 15:9 +; construct עֶגְלַת Isa 7:21 +; suffix עֶגְלָתִי Judg 14:18 plural construct עֶגְלוֺת Hos 10:5 (but see below); — heifer, Isa 7:21, used in ploughing Judg 14:18 (figurative), threshing Jer 50:11 (דָשָׁא ׳ ע, in simile, see דּוּשׁ , read perhaps דָשָׁה), figurative of stateliness etc. Jer 46:20 מְלֻמָּדָה ׳ ע Hos 10:11 a trained heifer (simile of Ephraim); used for sacrifice 1Sam 16:2 (עֶגְלַת בָּקָר ); cut in two for ratifying covenant Gen 15:9 ( J ; מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת ׳ ע; compare עֵגֶל Jer 34:18; Jer 34:19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Deut 21:3 (בָּקָר ׳ ע), Deut 21:4 Deut 21:4 Deut 21:6 once of calves worshipped in Northern Israel Hos 10:5 (where read probably עֵגֶל, so ᵐ5 We Now GASm, compare Che, see also the following suffixes masculine singular).


BDB5792

עֶגְלַת proper name [of a location]; — שְׁלִשִׁיָּה ׳ ע (the) third, Eglath Isa 15:5 ( ᵐ5 δάμαλις τριερής) Jer 48:34 ( ᵐ5 ἀγγελιαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and southern border of Moab.


BDB8764

שְׁלִישִׁי masculine שְׁלִישִׁית feminine adjective ordinal number108 third; — יוֺם שְׁלִישִׁי Gen 1:13 + 31 t., etc. (64 t., rarely שְׁלִשִׁי); plural שְׁלִשִׁים (third 50, set of messengers, etc.) 1Sam 19:21; 2Kgs 1:13 + 4 t.; בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית 1Kgs 18:1 + 4 t., etc. (33 t.; sometimes שְׁלִשִׁית, שְׁלִשִׁת, etc.); = third part, a third 2Sam 18:2 (3 t. in verse) + 13 t., + (construct) Num 15:6 + 4 t., + שְׁלִשִׁתֵיךְ ( Ges«GKC:91l»§ 91l) Ezek 5:12 third part of thee; = third time 1Sam 3:8 also שְׁלִישִׁיָּה Isa 19:24 third (on par with other two); בַּשְּׁלִישִׁים Ezek 42:3 in the thirds, i.e. third story; — ׳ עֶגְלַת שׁ Ezek 15:5; Jer 48:34, see ׳ ע p. 722. — שְׁלִישִׁ֫תָה Ezek 21:19 is corrupt and doubtful; Krae proposes וְשֻׁלְּשָׁה the sword shall be doubled and trebled; other conjectures in Co Toy. 1Sam 20:5 strike out ׳ הַשּׁ ᵐ5 We Dr and others, so 1Sam 20:12. 2Sam 23:18 read הַשְּׁלשִׁם ᵑ6 We Dr and others


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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