עֲלוּקָה

«עֲלוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: leech — 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: 5936 · BDB: עֲלוּקָה

Glosses

a.leech (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

leech tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. leech tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. leech (perhaps Aramaic loan-wd.; > vampyre-like demon, Ew al. = Arabic ʿAulaḳ WeHeid. 2, 149, or name of sage, as some Rabb.; v. discussion De Toy);—לַע׳ שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת Pr 30:15.

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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 30:15

לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה ׀ שְׁתֵּ֥י בָנוֹת֮ הַ֤ב ׀ הַ֥ב שָׁל֣וֹשׁ הֵ֭נָּה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־אָ֥מְרוּ הֽוֹן׃

Word for word: [belong].to a.leech two daughters give give three.[things] they not they.are.satisfied four.[things] not they.say enough

JPS 1917: The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough':

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