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# אוּלָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H199

**but** — used 19 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

but [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אוּלָם⁴: adv. but, but indeed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** and (Jb 17:10, perhaps for sake of assonance with following כֻּלָּם) אֻלָּם adv. but, but indeed, a strong adversative Jb 2:5; 5:8; 13:3 (where 𝔊 excellently οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλά). More usually with וְ, וְאוּלָם Gn 28:19 (cf. Ju 18:29) 48:19 howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, Ex 9:16 but in very deed, Nu 14:21 (cf. 1 S 20:3; 25:34) 1 K 20:23 Mic 3:8 Jb 1:11; 11:5; 12:7; 13:4; 14:18; 17:10; 33:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: but (19).

## In the verses

[Job 13:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.4/#tree)

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and but you \[are.those.who\].smear of.falsehood \[are\].healers of.worthlessness of.you all

*JPS 1917:* But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

[Job 13:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.3/#tree)

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל־שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל־אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

*Word for word:* but I to \[the\].Almighty I.will.speak and to.argue to God I.desire

*JPS 1917:* Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/199.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/199/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).