H5763 עוּל (ʻûwl) ool

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to nurse

Strong's Definition

to suckle, i.e. give milk

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: milch, (ewe great) with young.

TWOT Reference: 1579

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to give suck, suckle, nurse

1a) (Qal) giving suck (participle)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עוּל (ul) — to nurse. 1) to give suck, suckle, nurse 1a) (Qal) giving suck (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עול (H5763 · H5765)

verb · עֲוִיל · עוּל · עַוָּל · עָוֶל · עַוְלָה · עַלְוָה · עֹולֵל · עֹולָל

Wrong | verb pi

to act wrongfully poetic term: = action by which humans are engaged in activities that are considered wrong in a general sense

PSA 71:4 · ISA 26:10

verb

Ingest | verb qal

to suckle, to nurse = state in which animals have young that depend on their milk

GEN 33:13 · 1SA 6:7 · 1SA 6:10 · PSA 78:71 · ISA 40:11

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עוּל] vb. give suck base

Bible Occurrences (5)

33:13

6:7 6:10

78:71

40:11

Genesis 33:13

But Jacob replied..., My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

1 Samuel 6:7

Now, therefore,... prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked....... Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves... away and pen them up.

1 Samuel 6:10

So the men did [as instructed]. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up... their calves.

Isaiah 40:11

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing [ewes].