Lexical Definition

‎עוֹלֵל‎ ʻôwlêl (o-lale') infant ^H:N-M
or עֹלָל ʻôlâl (o-lawl'); from ‎עוּל‎

babe, (young) child, infant, little one.

• a suckling

1) child, boy

See Greek: νήπιος · τέκνον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עוֺלֵל‎, ‎עוֺלָל‎ noun masculine^{Lam 2:19} child; — absolute ‎עוֺלֵל‎ 1Sam 15:3 +, ‎עוֺלָל‎ Jer 6:11; Jer 9:20* usually plural ‎עוֺלְלִים‎ Ps 8:3*, ‎עֹלְלִים‎ Job 3:16, ‎עוֺלָלִים‎ Lam 4:4; Joel 2:16 construct ‎עֹלְלֵי‎ Lam 2:20 suffix ‎עֹלָלַיִךְ‎ Ps 137:9, ‎עֹלָלֶיהָ‎ Mic 2:9 +, ‎עֹלְלֵיהֶם‎ 2Kgs 8:2 +, etc.; — child Mic 2:9; Lam 2:19; Lam 2:20; Lam 4:4 + ‎יוֺנֵק‎ (sometimes distinguished from men and women), 1Sam 15:3; 1Sam 22:19; Ps 8:3*; Jer 44:7; Lam 2:11; Joel 2:16, || ‎בַּחוּרִים‎ Jer 6:11; Jer 9:20* || ‎בָּנִים‎ Ps 17:14 (heirs of father); dashed in pieces (‎רטשׁ‎) by foe 2Kgs 8:12; Hos 14:1*; Nah 3:10; Isa 13:16, compare Ps 137:9 (‎נִפֵּץ‎); taken captive Lam 1:5 stillborn Job 3:16.

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