אָלָה

«אָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: wail — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 421 · BDB: אָלָה³

Glosses

wail (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

wail tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wail tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, ܐܶܠܴܐ ) only Imv. fs. אֱלִי Jo 1:8 (v. אַלְלַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אָלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Joel 1:8

אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת־שַׂ֖ק עַל־בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: wail like a.virgin girded of.sackcloth on the.husband her.youth(s) her

JPS 1917: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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