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Isaiah 13:16

“Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עוֹלֵלʻôwlêl · o-lale'
H5768 · Hebrew

Definition: a suckling
Derivation: or עֹלָל; from H5763 (עוּל);
KJV renderings: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
עֹלְלֵי — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
הֶ֥ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
Usage: Occurs 20 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 15:3 1 Samuel 22:19 2 Kings 8:12 Job 3:16 Psalms 8:3

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 עוֹלֵל here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

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.