עֱלִי

e.li · pestle

Hebrew · Strong's H5940 · Noun · Sounds like: el-ee' · 1 occurrence

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from עָלָה; a pestle (as lifted); pestle.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עֱלִי n.[m.] pestle (as rising before the blow);—Pr 27:22.

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 27:22 בַּֽעֱלִ֑י ba.'e.Li · A person, place or thing

    Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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