עֵלִי

«עֵלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: Eli — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 33 times · Key: 5941 · BDB: עֵלִי

Glosses

Eli (24); of.Eli (9)

Meaning (OSHB)

Eli tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Eli tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Eli, priest at Shiloh 1 S 1:3 (+ v 3 𝔊 Th Klo HPS), v 9, 12 + 28 times 1–4 + 14:3 1 K 2:27; Ηλει.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «עֵלִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Samuel 2:12

וּבְנֵ֥י עֵלִ֖י בְּנֵ֣י בְלִיָּ֑עַל לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: and the.sons of.Eli [were].sons of.worthlessness not they.knew (et) Yahweh

JPS 1917: Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:25

וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ אֶת־הַפָּ֑ר וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ אֶת־הַנַּ֖עַר אֶל־עֵלִֽי׃

Word for word: and they.slaughtered (et) the.young bull and they.brought (et) the lad to Eli

JPS 1917: And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.

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