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Lexicon :: Strong's H5936 - ʿălûqâ

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עֲלוּקָה
Transliteration
ʿălûqâ
Pronunciation
al-oo-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of an unused root meaning to suck
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TWOT Reference: 1636a

Strong’s Definitions

עֲלוּקָה ʻălûwqâh, al-oo-kaw'; feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck; the leech:—horse-leech.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5936 in the following manner: horseleach (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5936 in the following manner: horseleach (1x).
  1. leech

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲלוּקָה ʻălûwqâh, al-oo-kaw'; feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck; the leech:—horse-leech.
STRONGS H5936: Abbreviations
עֲלוּקָה noun feminine leech (perhaps Aramaic loan-word; > vampyre-like demon, Ew and others = Arabic ‘Aulaḳ WeHeid. 2, 149, or name of sage, as some Rabbi; see discussion De Toy); — שְׁתֵּי בָנוֺת לְַ׳ Proverbs 30:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Proverbs

30:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5936 matches the Hebrew עֲלוּקָה (ʿălûqâ),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 -

The leech H5936 has two daughters,

“Give,” “Give.”

There are three things that will not be satisfied,

Four that will not say, “Enough”:

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