Lexical Definition

‎עֶגְלָה‎ ʻeglâh (eg-law') heifer ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎עֵגֶל‎

calf, cow, heifer.

• a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)

1) heifer

See Greek: δάμαλις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עֶגְלָה‎ noun feminine heifer; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 15:9 +; construct ‎עֶגְלַת‎ Isa 7:21 +; suffix ‎עֶגְלָתִי‎ Judg 14:18 plural construct ‎עֶגְלוֺת‎ Hos 10:5 (but see below); — heifer, Isa 7:21, used in ploughing Judg 14:18 (figurative), threshing Jer 50:11 (‎דָשָׁא‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎, in simile, see ‎דּוּשׁ‎, read perhaps ‎דָשָׁה‎), figurative of stateliness etc. Jer 46:20 ‎מְלֻמָּדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Hos 10:11 a trained heifer (simile of Ephraim); used for sacrifice 1Sam 16:2 (‎עֶגְלַת בָּקָר‎); cut in two for ratifying covenant Gen 15:9 (J; ‎מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎; compare ‎עֵגֶל‎ Jer 34:18; Jer 34:19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Deut 21:3 (‎בָּקָר‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎), vDeut 21:4 vDeut 21:4 vDeut 21:6 once of calves worshipped in Northern Israel Hos 10:5 (where read probably ‎עֵגֶל‎, so ᵐ5 We Now GASm, compare Che, see also the following suffixes masculine singular).

Also see: שְׁלִישִׁי

‎עֶגְלַת‎ proper name, of a location; — ‎שְׁלִשִׁיָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ (the) third, Eglath Isa 15:5 (ᵐ5 δάμαλις τριερής) Jer 48:34 (ᵐ5 ἀγγελιαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and southern border of Moab.

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