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Sunday, November 17th, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #5698 - עֶגְלָה

Transliteration

ʻEglâh

Phonetics

eg-law'

Origin

the same as (H5697)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Eglah = "a heifer"
1. a wife of David and mother of Ithream

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4765 ‑ στρουθίον (stroo‑thee'‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. עֶגְלָה proper name, feminine wife of David (on sense heifer compare לֵאָה, רָחֵל; see also Gray^{Prop. N. 92, No.27}); — 2 Samuel 3:5 (ᵐ5 Αιγαλ, A Αιγας, ᵐ5^L Αγλα) = 1 Chronicles 3:3 (ᵐ5 Αλα, A Αγλα, ᵐ5^L Εγλα).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֶגְלָה f.

(1) a calf, prop. one of the first year, Levit. 9:3 Micah 6:6 (comp. Maimonid. de Sacrif. i. § 14); but it is also very often

(2) a bullock, steer, heifer; used of a heifer broken in to work, Hosea 10:11 giving milk, Isaiah 7:21 yoked to the plough, Judges 14:18 of three years’ old, Genesis 15:9. And such a heifer (prop. one of the third year) not broken in, unaccustomed to the yoke (comp. Hosea 10:11; Jeremiah 31:18 Plin. viii. 4, 5), was rightly understood by the LXX., Vulg., Targ., in the words עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34. Metaph. עֶגְלֵי עַמִּים bullocks of the peoples, used for leaders of the peoples, Psalms 68:31 compare עַתּוּד. (Arab. عِجْلُ Syr. ܥܶܓܠܳ, ܥܓܶܠܬܐܳ id. Eth. እደል፡ a calf, a whelp, and even an infant; see Bochart, Hieroz. i. page 273, seqq.

(3) עֶגְלָה [Eglah], pr. name of one of the wives of David, 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3.

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List of Word Forms

לְעֶגְלָ֖ה לְעֶגְלָ֥ה לעגלה lə‘eḡlāh lə·‘eḡ·lāh leegLah