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Proverbs 30:15
“The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֲלוּקָהʻălûwqâh · al-oo-kaw'
H5936 · Hebrew
H5936 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the leech
- Derivation
- feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck;
- KJV renderings
- horse-leech.
- Grammar
- לַֽ — preposition
- עֲלוּקָ֨ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
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 עֲלוּקָה 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.