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Hosea 10:5
“The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5697 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
- Derivation
- feminine of H5695 (עֵגֶל);
- KJV renderings
- calf, cow, heifer.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- עֶגְלוֹת֙ — common noun, feminine, plural, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:9Deuteronomy 21:3Deuteronomy 21:4Deuteronomy 21:4Deuteronomy 21:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֶגְלָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.