עֶגְלָה
Used: 12 times · Key: 5697 · BDB: עֶגְלָה
Glosses
a.heifer (5); heifer (4); [is].a.heifer (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
heifer tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. heifer tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. heifer;—abs. ע׳ Gn 15:9 +; cstr. עֶגְלַת Is 7:21 +; sf. עֶגְלָתִי Ju 14:18; pl. cstr. עֶגְלוֹת Ho 10:5 (but v. infr.);—heifer, Is 7:21, used in ploughing Ju 14:18 (fig.), threshing Je 50:11 (ע׳ דָשָׁא, in sim., v. דּוּשׁ, read perhaps דָשָׁה), fig. of stateliness etc. Je 46:20; ע׳ מְלֻמָּדָה Ho 10:11 a trained heifer (sim. of Ephr.); used for sacrif. 1 S 16:2 (עֶגְלַת בָּקָר); cut in two for ratifying covenant Gn 15:9 (J; ע׳ מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת; cf. עֵגֶל Je 34:18, 19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Dt 21:3 (ע׳ בָּקָר), v 4(×2), 6; once of calves worshipped in N. Isr. Ho 10:5 (where read prob. עֵגֶל, so 𝔊 We Now GASm, cf. Che, v. also the foll. sfs. ms.).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «עֶגְלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖היְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃
Word for word: [is].a.heifer very beautiful Egypt a.gadfly from.[the] north [is].about.to.come [is].about.to.come
JPS 1917: Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא יְחַיֶּה־אִ֛ישׁ עֶגְלַ֥ת בָּקָ֖ר וּשְׁתֵּי־צֹֽאן׃
Word for word: and it.will.be in the day (the) that he.will.preserve.alive a.person a.heifer of.[the].herd and two sheep
JPS 1917: And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep;
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