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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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עֲלוּקָה

Strong’s: H5936

Associated OET lemmas: עֲלוּקָה

Authors: Sarah Lind

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Sense 1: Nile leech

Semantic domains: Swarming Creatures (001001002001006)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = a worm-like creature that lives in streams, swamps, or damp ground; its specialized mouth makes small cuts in the skin of its victims, which may be humans, animals, reptiles, or fish, after which it fastens itself firmly on to the surrounding skin and gorges itself on blood; ◄ Limnatis nilotica; ≈ associated with greed

Show passage in OET: PRO 30:15

OET-RV PRO 30:15

15 The leech has two daughters: Give! Give!”
 ¶ There are three, maybe four, things that are never satisfied—
 ⇔ ≈ four that never have enough:

OET-LV PRO 30:15

15 Belong_to_a_leech two_of daughters give give three_things they not they_are_satisfied four_things not they_say enough.

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