עוּלʻûwl
give suck
Pronunciation: ool · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5763
Meanings
Qal: giving suck (1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 6:10; Psalms 78:71)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 33:13 But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 “Now build a new cart, and find two cows that have just given birth to calves. Make sure the cows have never been yoked to a cart. Hitch the cows to the cart, but shut their calves away from them in a pen.
- 1 Samuel 6:10 So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.
- Psalms 78:71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.
- Isaiah 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).