UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: OET JER 46:15
Some translations and commentators interpret the plural as a pluralis majestatis, a reference to the Egyptian god Apis | this is even more likely to be true if the preceding נסחף is read as נס חף "Apis has fled". HOTTP-B NRSV {A:NJB} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} {A:GNT} {A:CEV} = [1b] | {A:NIV} "warriors" {A:NJPS} "stalwarts" = [1e]; Passage: OET ISA 46:12
LXX οἱ ἀπολωλεκότες τὴν καρδίαν = אבד

Form 1

Part of speech: aj

Related lemmas: אבר

Sense 1: bull

Semantic domains: Domestic Animals (001001002001002)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = male bovine; ≈ symbol of deities and associated with power and strength, but also with aggression and therefore often used to denote people who behave as such

Further resources: Fauna:2.10

Show passage in OET: PSA 50:13

OET-RV PSA 50:13

13 Do I eat the meat from bulls that have been sacrificed,
⇔ ≈ or drink the blood from the goats?

OET-LV PSA 50:13

13 Do_I _eat the_flesh _of mighty_bulls and_the_blood _of goats do _I _drink.

Jump to OET PSA 50:13 section.

Sense 2: mighty (bull)

Semantic domains: Titles (003001017); Deities (001001001)

Core domains: Idolatry (085)

Definition: = epithet for Apis, a deity shaped like a bull, ◄ worshiped by Egyptians

Show passage in OET: JER 46:15

OET-RV JER 46:15

15 Why are your powerful warriors lying face down on the ground?
⇔ They can’t stand against the enemy,
⇔ because I Yahweh, have pushed them to the ground.

OET-LV JER 46:15

15 Why your _mighty _of_ones will _he _be _prostrated not he _will _stand if/because YHWH he_will _drive _him _out.

Jump to OET JER 46:15 section.

Sense 3: bull, mighty one

Semantic domains: Strong (002001001060)

Core domains: Strength (172)

Definition: = powerful person ◄ compared with a bull; ≈ associated with power, authority, and/or aggression

Synonyms: פַּר · רְאֵם

Show passage in OET: PSA 22:13

OET-RV PSA 22:12

12 Many enemies surround me like angry bulls.
⇔ ≈ Strong bulls from Bashan have surrounded me.

OET-LV PSA 22:13

13  They_have _surrounded _me bulls many mighty_bulls_of Bāshān they_have _surrounded _me.

Show passage in OET: PSA 68:31

OET-RV PSA 68:30

30 Shout in battle against the wild animals in the reeds,
⇔ ≈ against the peoples, that multitude of bulls and calves.
⇔ Humiliate them and make them bring you gifts.
⇔ Scatter the people groups who love to attack other countries.

OET-LV PSA 68:31

31  Rebuke the_animal[s]_of the_reed[s] a _herd _of mighty_bulls with_calves _of peoples trampling on_pieces _of silver he _has _scattered peoples which_wars they _delight _in.

Jump to OET PSA 22:12 section.

Jump to OET PSA 68:30 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: OET PSA 22:12 · OET PSA 68:30

ISA: OET ISA 34:7

Sense 4: stallion

Semantic domains: Domestic Animals (001001002001002)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = male horse; ► mainly used for carrying soldiers and drawing chariots; ≈ associated with power, strength, and warfare

Further resources: Fauna:2.18

Show passage in OET: JDG 5:22

OET-RV JDG 5:22

22 Then the horses’ hooves struck.
⇔ His galloping stallions charging.

OET-LV JDG 5:22

22 Then the_heels _of horse[s] they _struck from_the_galloping the _galloping _of his _mighty_horses.

Show passage in OET: JER 8:16

OET-RV JER 8:16

16 The snorting of his stallions could be heard from Dan.
⇔ ≈ The whole earth shakes from the sound of the neighing of his powerful horses.
⇔ They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it,
⇔ ≈ and the city and everyone living in it.

OET-LV JER 8:16

16 From_Dān the _snorting _of his _horses _of_his it _has _been _heard from_the _sound _of the _neighings _of his _mighty_horses all _of the_earth/land it _has _shaken and_they _have _come and_they _have _consumed the_land and_what _of_fills _it the_city and_the _inhabitants _of in_it.

Jump to OET JDG 5:22 section.

Jump to OET JER 8:16 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

JDG: OET JDG 5:22

JER: OET JER 8:16 · OET JER 47:3 · OET JER 50:11

Sense 5: mighty one

Semantic domains: Strong (002001001060)

Core domains: Strength (172)

Definition: = powerful person

Show passage in OET: JOB 24:22

OET-RV JOB 24:22

22 He uses his strength to drag powerful people away.
⇔ He rises but no one trusts in life. WHAT???

OET-LV JOB 24:22

22 And_he _drags _off mighty_ones by_power _of_his he _rises and_not anyone _trusts in_life.

Show passage in OET: JOB 34:20

OET-RV JOB 34:20

20 They die in a moment—they do a shiver in the middle of the night then pass away.
⇔ ≈ Even powerful people are taken away without human involvement.

OET-LV JOB 34:20

20 A _moment they _die and_the_middle _of the_night a _people they _are _shaken and_they _pass _away and_people _remove the_mighty not by_a _hand.

Jump to OET JOB 24:22 section.

Jump to OET JOB 34:20 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 24:22 · OET JOB 34:20

ISA: OET ISA 10:13

JER: OET JER 46:15

LAM: OET LAM 1:15

Sense 6: strong-willed, brave

Semantic domains: Confident (002001002003)

Core domains: Mind (106)

Definition: literally: mighty of heart; hence: = person who is determined to pursue his/her goals, ≈ which can be a sign of bravery but also of stubbornness

Collocations: אַבִּיר לֵב

Synonyms: אִישׁ־חַיִל

Show passage in OET: PSA 76:6

OET-RV PSA 76:5