Lexical Definition

‎עֹל‎ ʻôl (ole) yoke ^H:N-M
or עוֹל ʻôwl (ole); from ‎עָלַל‎

yoke.

• a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

1) yoke

See Greek: ζυγός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֹל‎₃₉ noun masculine^{1Kgs 12:4} yoke; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Hos 11:4 +; construct Isa 9:3* +; suffix ‎עֻלֵךְ‎ Jer 2:20; Isa 47:6, ‎עֻלּוֺ‎ Gen 27:40 +, ‎עֻלְּכֶם‎ 1Kgs 12:11, etc.; — yoke, for cattle, ‎עָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Sam 6:7, compare Num 19:2 (P), ‎׳‎‎מָֽשְׁכָה בְּע‎ Deut 21:3 usually figurative of servitude 1Kgs 12:4; 1Kgs 12:10; 1Kgs 12:11 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 12:14 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 10:4; 2Chr 10:10; 2Chr 10:11 (twice in verse); 2Chr 10:14 ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַן ע‎ 1Kgs 12:4; 1Kgs 12:9 = 2Chr 10:4; 2Chr 10:9 ‎׳‎‎וְנָתַן ע‎ ‎בַּרְזֶל עַלצַֿוָּארֶ֑ךָ‎ Deut 28:48, so Jer 28:14 ‎׳‎‎עַלזָֿקִן הִכְבַּדְתְּ ע‎ Isa 47:6 also ‎נָתַן (הֵבִיא) אֶתצַֿוָּארוֺ בְּעֹל‎ Jer 27:8; Jer 27:11; Jer 27:12 ‎׳‎‎שָׁבַר ע‎ break the yoke Jer 2:20; Jer 5:5; Jer 28:2; Jer 28:4; Jer 28:11; Jer 30:8 ( + ‎׳‎‎מֵעַל צ‎), so ‎׳‎‎מֹטֹת ע‎ Lev 26:13 (H), Ezek 34:27 (see ‎מוֺטָה‎); ‎׳‎‎פָּרַק ע‎ Gen 27:40 (J; + ‎׳‎‎מֵעַל צ‎); ‎׳‎‎הֵחֵת ע‎ Isa 9:3* compare ‎׳‎‎הֵרִים ע‎ Hos 11:4 also ‎׳‎‎מֵעַל צ‎ ‎׳‎‎יָסוּר ע‎ Isa 10:27, and Isa 14:25 figurative of transgressions Lam 1:14, strike out ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Löhr Bu, but read ‎עֹל‎ v^b (see id.); of hardship, ‎׳‎‎נָשָׂא ע‎ Lam 3:27.

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