מְחֹלָה
Used: 8 times · Key: 4246 · BDB: מְחוֹלָה
Glosses
dancing(s) (7); the.dance (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
dancing tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. id. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. id.;—cstr. מְחֹלַת Ct 7:1; pl. מְחֹלֹת Ex 32:19; מְחֹלוֹת Ex 15:20 + 5 times; dancing, token of joyousness after victory, Ju 11:34 1 S 18:6; 21:12; 29:5; in worship, at feast Ju 21:21; act of praise to י׳ Ex 15:20 (song); in idolatrous worship Ex 32:19 (E); as graceful and beautiful Ct 7:1; accomp. by timbrel Ex 15:20 Ju 11:34, and by singing Ex 15:20 1 S 18:6 (where however read prob. Poʿlel Pt. הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת, cf. vb. חוּל supr.; so 𝔊 We Dr), 21:12; 29:5.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מְחֹלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֙וּבִי֙ הַשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְנֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑ךְ מַֽה־תֶּחֱזוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית כִּמְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִם׃
Word for word: return return O Shulammite.[woman] return return so that.we.may.look on you why? will.you.look on the.Shulammite [woman] like the.dance of the.two.groups
JPS 1917: Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.
הֲלוֹא־זֶ֣ה דָוִ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲנוּ־ל֛וֹ בַּמְּחֹל֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ס
Word for word: ? not [is].this David whom people.sing of him in (the) dancing(s) (cmp) he.has.struck.down Saul (on) his thousands and David (on).his ten thousands
JPS 1917: Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'
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