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Job 13:25
“Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָלֶהʻâleh · aw-leh'
H5929 · Hebrew
H5929 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
- Derivation
- from H5927 (עָלָה);
- KJV renderings
- branch, leaf.
- Grammar
- הֶ — particle (interrogative)
- עָלֶ֣ה — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:7Genesis 8:11Leviticus 26:36Nehemiah 8:15Nehemiah 8:15
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 עָלֶה 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.