עול

Aramaic

Verb

עול • (transliteration needed)

1. to harm, to wrong

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־ל־ל (ʿ-l-l)
6 terms

Cognate with Arabic غُلّ (ḡull, “shackle”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɣull/ → /ʕull/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ol/

Noun

עול / עֹל • (ol) m (plural indefinite עולים / עֻלִּים, singular construct עול / עֹל־, plural construct עולי / עֻלֵּי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. yoke
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 21:3b, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְלָקְחוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא עֶגְלַת בָּקָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עֻבַּד בָּהּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מָשְׁכָה בְּעֹל׃

     The elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke.

2. (figuratively) servitude, subjugation
   • Tanach, Genesis 27:40, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְעַל־חַרְבְּךָ תִחְיֶה וְאֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּעֲבֹד וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד וּפָרַקְתָּ עֻלּוֹ מֵעַל צַוָּארֶךָ׃

     And by thy sword shalt thou live, And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

Declension

Declension of עֹל

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	עֹל	first	עֻלִּי		עֻלֵּנוּ
	definite	הָעֹל	second	עֻלְּךָ	עֻלֵּךְ	עֻלְּכֶם	עֻלְּכֶן
	construct	עֹל־	third	עֻלּוֹ	עֻלָּהּ	עֻלָּם	עֻלָּן
plural	indefinite	עֻלִּים	first	עליי / עֻלַּי		עֻלֵּינוּ
	definite	הָעֻלִּים	second	עֻלֶּיךָ	עלייך / עֻלַּיִךְ	עֻלֵּיכֶם	עֻלֵּיכֶן
	construct	עֻלֵּי־	third	עֻלָּיו	עֻלֶּיהָ	עֻלֵּיהֶם	עֻלֵּיהֶן

References

• H5923 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987), “עֹל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 472a