Word Study · Strong's H5697 · Hebrew
עֶגְלָה
eglah
eg-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻeglâh
“a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Rendered in the KJV as
calf, cow, heifer.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- הָעֶגְלָ֖ה2
- עֶגְלַ֣ת2
- בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י1
- הָֽעֶגְלָה֙1
- כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה1
- לְעֶגְלוֹת֙1
- עֶגְלָ֣ה1
- עֶגְלָ֥ה1
- עֶגְלָ֤ה1
- עֶגְלַ֤ת1
- עֶגְלַ֥ת1
- עֶגְלַ֖ת1
How it is rendered · 9
- a heifer of3
- the heifer3
- Eglath2
- [is] a heifer1
- [was] a heifer1
- a heifer1
- for [the] heifers of1
- like a heifer1
- with heifer my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3
- proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 3
- HNcfsc · 3
- HTd/Ncfsa · 3
- HNpl · 2
- HR/Ncfpc · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy4 of 14 · 29%
- Jeremiah3 of 14 · 21%
- Isaiah2 of 14 · 14%
- Hosea2 of 14 · 14%
- Genesis1 of 14 · 7%
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Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 21:3עֶגְלַ֣תʾeglatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,here: a heifer of
- Deuteronomy 21:4הָֽעֶגְלָה֙haeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularbring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.here: the heifer
- Deuteronomy 21:4הָעֶגְלָ֖הhaeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularbring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.here: the heifer
- Deuteronomy 21:6הָעֶגְלָ֖הhaeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,here: the heifer
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:21עֶגְלַ֥תʾeglatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,here: a heifer of
- Isaiah 15:5עֶגְלַ֣תʾeglatproper noun (a name)My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.here: Eglath
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 46:20עֶגְלָ֥הʾeglahnoun · feminine singularEgypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.here: [is] a heifer
- Jeremiah 48:34עֶגְלַ֖תʾeglatproper noun (a name)There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.here: Eglath
- Jeremiah 50:11כְּעֶגְלָ֣הkeeglahpreposition + noun · feminine singular“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,here: like a heifer
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 10:5לְעֶגְלוֹת֙leeglotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.here: for [the] heifers of
- Hosea 10:11עֶגְלָ֤הʾeglahnoun · feminine singularEphraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.here: [was] a heifer
Same headword in Strong's