Calf Young Bull

† עֵ֫גֶל n.m. Ex 32:24 calf (as rolling or gamboling? cf. כַּר fr. כָּרַר; NH id.; Ph. (Pu.) עגל id. Lzb 336; עגילו Palm. n.pr. id. Cook89; Aramaic ܥܶܓܠܴܐ, ܥܓܶܠܬܳܐ, עִיגְלָא, עֲגַלְתָּא, id.; Assyrian [agalu], pl. agalê prob. calves DlHWB 16 (cf. against this JenKosmol. 110, but v. also JägerBAS ii. 2, 286); Arabic عِجْلٌ, id.; Ethiopic እጕል, እጉልት, cf. also HomNS 226);—ע׳ abs. Ex 32:19 +; cstr. 1 S 28:24 +; sf. עֶגְלֵךְ Ho 8:5; pl. עֲגָלִים Ho 13:2 +; cstr. עֶגְלֵי 1 K 12:28 +;—calf, Is 11:6; 27:10 in sim. of leaping mts. ψ 29:6; in sim. of foot-sole of cherubim Ez 1:7; ע׳ מַרְבֵּק i.e. a stall-fed (fatted) calf, 1 S 28:24, in sim. Je 46:21; Mal 3:20, cf. ע׳ מִתּוֹךְ מַרְבֵּק Am 6:4; ע׳ לֹא לֻמָּ֑ד Je 31:18 an untrained calf; עֶגְלֵי עַמִּים ψ 68:31 calves of peoples, i.e. peoples like calves, so most; perhaps read בַּעֲלֵי עמ׳ Matthes Che GunkelSchöpf. 66 f. cf. Bae; calf as sacrif. victim Mi 6:6; Lv 9:2, 3, 8 (P); cut in two, in ratifying covenant Je 34:18, 19 (cf. עֶגְלָה Gn 15:9); elsewhere image of calf: made at Horeb, ע׳ מַסֵּכָה Ex 32:4, 8; Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18; ע׳ alone Ex 32:19, 20, 24, 35; Dt 9:21 ψ 106:19; two set up by Jerob. I in N. Isr., 1 K 12:28, 32; 2 K 10:29; 17:16 2 Ch 11:15; 13:8, cf. Ho 8:5, 6 (עֶגְלֵךְ, ע׳ שֹׁמְרוֹן), 13:2; also 10:5 (v. i. עֶגְלָה as fin.).

μόσχος, ὁ, ἡ, __B calf, young bull, which form the god Apis was believed to assume, Refs 5th c.BC+: as feminine, heifer, young cow, μόσχους ἀμέλγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; πεζαὶ μ., ={ἑταῖραι}, Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾄδειν ἐπὶ μόσχῳ for the prize of a calf (nisi to be read ἐπὶ Μόσχῳ), Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.2 metaphorically, boy, Refs 5th c.BC+: as feminine, girl, maid, Refs __B.3 any young animal, Refs; even of birds, μ. χελιδόνος Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.4 μ. θαλάσσιος seal, Refs

μοσχο-ποιέω, make a calf, NT