Lexical Definition

‎עֹלֵלָה‎ ʻôlêlâh (o-lay-law') gleaning ^H:N-F
feminine active participle of ‎עָלַל‎

(gleaning) (of the) grapes, grapegleanings.

• only in plural gleanings
• by extension gleaning-time

1) gleaning

See Greek: καλάμη · κατάλειμμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עוֺלֵלוֺת‎ noun feminine plural intensive gleaning (going over a second time); — gleaning (of grapes and olives; ‎לֶקֶט‎ of grain), always figurative of remnant: absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Isa 17:6 (|| ‎כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת‎), Isa 24:13 (simile; || id., + ‎בָּצִיר‎), Jer 49:9 (compare ‎בֹּצְרִים‎ v^a) = Obad 1:5 (id.); construct ‎עֹלִלֹת בָּצִיר‎ Mic 7:1 figurative of warlike achievement ‎עֹלְלוֺת אֶפְרַיִם‎ Judg 8:2 (opposed to ‎בָּצִיר‎).

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