H5940: עֱלִי
ʻĕlîy · pronounced el-ee' · “pestle”
Definition
a pestle (as lifted)
KJV translates it as: pestle.
Word origin: from H5927 (עָלָה);
Extended definition
pestle
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5940 is translated
- pestle ×1
Bible verses with H5940 (ʻĕlîy)
ʻĕlîy appears in 1 verse.
- Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.