5768. olel or olal

Lexicon

olel or olal: Child, Infant, Little One

Original Word: עוֹלֵל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `owlel
Pronunciation: oh-LAYL or oh-LAHL
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lale')
Definition: Child, Infant, Little One
Meaning: a suckling

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

babe, young child, infant, little one

Or lolal {o-lawl'}; from uwl; a suckling -- babe, (young) child, infant, little one.

see HEBREW uwl

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a child
NASB Translation
babes (1), child (2), children (6), infants (2), little ones (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עוֺלֵל, עוֺלָל noun masculine^{Lamentations 2:19} child; — absolute עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3 +, עוֺלָל Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; usually plural עוֺלְלִים Psalm 8:3, עֹלְלִים Job 3:16, עוֺלָלִים Lamentations 4:4; Joel 2:16; construct עֹלְלֵי Lamentations 2:20; suffix עֹלָלַיִךְ Psalm 137:9, עֹלָלֶיהָ Micah 2:9 +, עֹלְלֵיהֶם 2 Kings 8:2 +, etc.; — child Micah 2:9; Lamentations 2:19,20; Lamentations 4:4; + יוֺנֵק (sometimes distinguished from men and women), 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; Joel 2:16, "" בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; "" בָּנִים Psalm 17:14 (heirs of father); dashed in pieces (רטשׁ) by foe 2 Kings 8:12; Hosea 14:1; Nahum 3:10; Isaiah 13:16, compare Psalm 137:9 (נִמֵּץ); taken captive Lamentations 1:5; stillborn Job 3:16.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלַל (ʿālal), which means "to suckle" or "to nurse."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G3516 (νηπίος, nēpios): This Greek term is often used in the New Testament to refer to infants or young children, similar to the Hebrew עוֹלֵל. It conveys the idea of immaturity and dependence.
• G5043 (τέκνον, teknon): While this term generally means "child" or "offspring," it can also refer to young children, emphasizing the relationship between parent and child. It is used in contexts that highlight familial bonds and the nurturing aspect of parenthood.

These Greek terms, like their Hebrew counterpart, are used to convey themes of innocence, vulnerability, and the need for care and protection, reflecting the consistent biblical portrayal of young children across both Testaments.

Usage: The term עוֹלֵל is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to infants or very young children, emphasizing their vulnerability and dependence. It often appears in contexts highlighting the innocence or suffering of young children.

Context: The Hebrew term עוֹלֵל (ʿôlēl) is used to describe infants or young children, particularly those who are still nursing. This term appears in several passages throughout the Old Testament, often in contexts that underscore the fragility and innocence of young life. For example, in Lamentations 2:11, the prophet Jeremiah laments the suffering of the children during the siege of Jerusalem: "My eyes fail from weeping, my heart is churning; my bile is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city." Here, עוֹלֵל is used to depict the dire circumstances faced by the youngest and most vulnerable during times of calamity.

In another instance, Hosea 13:16 uses the term to describe the brutal consequences of judgment: "Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open." The use of עוֹלֵל in such contexts serves to highlight the severity of divine judgment and the tragic impact on the most innocent members of society.

The term also appears in poetic and prophetic literature to evoke a sense of compassion and urgency, calling the audience to recognize the plight of the helpless and to respond with mercy and justice.

Forms and Transliterations

וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם ועלליהם כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים כעללים לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ לעולליהם׃ מְעוֹלֵ֔ל מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ מֵעוֹלֵ֖ל מעולל מעלל עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ עֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם עֹלֲלֵ֣י עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים ׀ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים עֽוֹלָלִים֙ עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ עוֹלֵ֥ל עוֹלֵל֙ עוֹלָל֙ עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ עולל עולליה עולליך עוללים עללי עלליה עלליהם עלליך ‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ ‘ō·lă·lê ‘ō·lā·le·hā ‘ō·lə·lê·hem ‘ō·w·lā·la·yiḵ ‘ō·w·lā·le·hā ‘ō·w·lā·lîm ‘ō·w·lāl ‘ō·w·lêl ‘ō·wl·lîm ‘ōlālayiḵ ‘ōlălê ‘ōlālehā ‘ōləlêhem ‘ōwlāl ‘ōwlālayiḵ ‘ōwlālehā ‘ōwlālîm ‘ōwlêl ‘ōwllîm kə‘ōləlîm kə·‘ō·lə·lîm keoleLim lə‘ōwllêhem lə·‘ō·wl·lê·hem leolleiHem mê‘ōlêl mê‘ōwlêl mə‘ōwlêl mê·‘ō·lêl mê·‘ō·w·lêl mə·‘ō·w·lêl meoLel oLal olaLayich olaLei olaLeiha olaLim oLel oleleiHem olLim veoleleiHem wə‘ōləlêhem wə·‘ō·lə·lê·hem

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 15:3
HEB: עַד־ אִשָּׁ֗ה מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ וְעַד־ יוֹנֵ֔ק
NAS: man and woman, child and infant, ox
KJV: and woman, infant and suckling,
INT: against and woman child against and infant

1 Samuel 22:19
HEB: וְעַד־ אִשָּׁ֔ה מֵעוֹלֵ֖ל וְעַד־ יוֹנֵ֑ק
NAS: and women, children and infants;
KJV: and women, children and sucklings,
INT: against and women children against and infants

2 Kings 8:12
HEB: בַּחֶ֣רֶב תַּהֲרֹ֔ג וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם תְּרַטֵּ֔שׁ וְהָרֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces,
KJV: and wilt dash their children, and rip up
INT: the sword will kill and their little will dash and their women

Job 3:16
HEB: לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־ רָ֥אוּ
NAS: which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never
KJV: untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw
INT: never not be As infants never saw

Psalm 8:2
HEB: מִפִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים ׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫
NAS: From the mouth of infants and nursing babes
KJV: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
INT: the mouth of infants and nursing have established

Psalm 17:14
HEB: וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ יִ֝תְרָ֗ם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: their abundance to their babes.
KJV: the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
INT: and leave their abundance to their babes

Psalm 137:9
HEB: וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־ עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־ הַסָּֽלַע׃
NAS: and dashes your little ones Against
KJV: and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
INT: seizes and dashes your little Against the rock

Isaiah 3:12
HEB: עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ
INT: my people their oppressors babe and women rule

Isaiah 13:16
HEB: וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם
NAS: Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces
KJV: Their children also shall be dashed to pieces
INT: their little will be dashed their eyes

Jeremiah 6:11
HEB: שְׁפֹ֤ךְ עַל־ עוֹלָל֙ בַּח֔וּץ וְעַ֛ל
NAS: [it] in. Pour [it] out on the children in the street
KJV: I will pour it out upon the children abroad,
INT: Pour on the children the street and on

Jeremiah 9:21
HEB: בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְהַכְרִ֤ית עוֹלָל֙ מִח֔וּץ בַּחוּרִ֖ים
NAS: To cut off the children from the streets,
KJV: to cut off the children from without,
INT: our palaces to cut the children the streets the young

Jeremiah 44:7
HEB: אִישׁ־ וְאִשָּׁ֛ה עוֹלֵ֥ל וְיוֹנֵ֖ק מִתּ֣וֹךְ
NAS: and woman, child and infant,
KJV: and woman, child and suckling,
INT: man and woman child and infant among

Lamentations 1:5
HEB: רֹב־ פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָ עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ הָלְכ֥וּ שְׁבִ֖י
NAS: of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone
KJV: of her transgressions: her children are gone
INT: of the multitude of her transgressions her little have gone captives

Lamentations 2:11
HEB: עַמִּ֑י בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף עוֹלֵל֙ וְיוֹנֵ֔ק בִּרְחֹב֖וֹת
NAS: of my people, When little ones and infants
KJV: of my people; because the children and the sucklings
INT: of my people faint little and infants the streets

Lamentations 2:19
HEB: עַל־ נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים בְּרָעָ֖ב
NAS: to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint
KJV: toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint
INT: unto the life of your little are faint of hunger

Lamentations 2:20
HEB: נָשִׁ֤ים פִּרְיָם֙ עֹלֲלֵ֣י טִפֻּחִ֔ים אִם־
NAS: their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy?
KJV: their fruit, [and] children of a span long?
INT: shall the women their offspring the little who lo

Lamentations 4:4
HEB: חִכּ֖וֹ בַּצָּמָ֑א עֽוֹלָלִים֙ שָׁ֣אֲלוּ לֶ֔חֶם
NAS: because of thirst; The little ones ask
KJV: for thirst: the young children ask
INT: the roof of thirst the little ask bread

Hosea 13:16
HEB: בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֔לוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם יְרֻטָּ֔שׁוּ וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יו
NAS: by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces,
KJV: by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
INT: the sword will fall their little will be dashed women

Joel 2:16
HEB: זְקֵנִ֔ים אִסְפוּ֙ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים וְיֹנְקֵ֖י שָׁדָ֑יִם
NAS: Gather the children and the nursing
KJV: gather the children, and those that suck
INT: the elders Gather the children suck the breasts

Micah 2:9
HEB: תַּֽעֲנֻגֶ֑יהָ מֵעַל֙ עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ תִּקְח֥וּ הֲדָרִ֖י
NAS: house. From her children you take
KJV: houses; from their children have ye taken away
INT: her pleasant From her children take my splendor

Nahum 3:10
HEB: בַשֶּׁ֔בִי גַּ֧ם עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ
NAS: Also her small children were dashed to pieces
KJV: into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces
INT: captivity Also children were dashed the head

21 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5768
21 Occurrences

kə·‘ō·lə·lîm — 1 Occ.
lə·‘ō·wl·lê·hem — 1 Occ.
mê·‘ō·lêl — 3 Occ.
‘ō·w·lāl — 2 Occ.
‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ — 2 Occ.
‘ō·lă·lê — 1 Occ.
‘ō·w·lā·le·hā — 3 Occ.
‘ō·w·lā·lîm — 2 Occ.
‘ō·w·lêl — 2 Occ.
‘ō·lə·lê·hem — 1 Occ.
‘ō·wl·lîm — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ō·lə·lê·hem — 2 Occ.