עֱלִי

«עֱלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: pestle — 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: 5940 · BDB: עֱלִי

Glosses

pestle (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

pestle tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

pestle tree →

The whole BDB entry

n. [m.] pestle (as instrument above the mortar);—Pr 27:22.

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 (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 27:22

אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ

Word for word: if you.will.pound (et) the fool in (the) mortar among the grain(s) with the pestle not it.will.depart from with him foolishness his

JPS 1917: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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