אֶלֶף
ʼeleph · H504 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Thing
- Cattle, cow, ox, bullMammals432 verses
Meanings
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cows, cattle
Generic term for domesticated oxen, both male and female; kept for milk and used for plowing
ExamplesPsalm 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field,
Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean; But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.
Isaiah 30:24 Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned feed, which has been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 4
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָבַדto serve, to work 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֶׁגֶרyoung 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- βοῦς boûs · G1016 · bull, ox, cow
- Greek βοῦς renders the bovine/cattle sense of Hebrew אֶלֶף specifically when it denotes oxen or kine, not the distinct 'family/clan' sense of the same lemma.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- אֶלֶף here names cattle or oxen, as the newborn of the herd blessed alongside the produce of the ground (Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4) and the strength of the ox that brings much revenue (Proverbs 14:4).
- Quantity002001001046
- This entry carries no independent “Quantity” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the noun for cattle or herd animals, as in “the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock” (Deuteronomy 7:13). The domain is bundle-shared with the numeral “thousand” (אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, H505)) built on the same consonants.
- Frequency002001003009
- The term can describe the regular, recurring increase of herds under blessing, as the offspring of the herd promised in Deuteronomy 28:4.
- Groups001001003004
- This entry carries no independent “Groups” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the noun for cattle or herd animals: “the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock” (Deuteronomy 7:13). The domain is bundle-shared with אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, H505) and אֶלֶף (ʼEleph, H507).
- Names of Locations003001010
- This entry carries no independent “Names of Locations” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the noun for cattle or herd animals: “the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock” (Deuteronomy 7:13). The domain is bundle-shared with the place name Eleph (אֶלֶף (ʼEleph, H507)).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H504. eleph I. [אלֶף ֶ֫] noun masculinePsa 8:8; only plural cattle (Phoenician אלף,…
I. [אלֶף ֶ֫] noun masculinePsa 8:8; only plural cattle (Phoenician אלף, Assyrian alpu, COTGloss) — אֲלָפִים Pro 14:4; Isa 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man Psa 8:8 (|| צֹנֶה); their increase אֲלָפֶיךָ שְׁגַר a blessing Deu 7:13; Deu 28:4, Deu 28:18, Deu 28:51 (|| all צאֹנֶ֑ךָ עַשְׁתִּרֹת).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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