עֲלוּקָה
a.lu.qah
H5936
H:N-F
Hebrew
leech
1
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language
a.lu.qah denotes the creature whose two daughters cry, “Give, give,” in a saying about insatiability.
The sole attested use names the creature introduced before its two daughters’ repeated demand, within a saying about things that never say, “Enough.”
Senses in use
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Creature in an image of insatiable demand · dominant
In Proverbs 30:15, the feminine singular absolute noun introduces a creature with “two daughters that cry, Give, give”; the APB then places the saying beside things that are never satisfied.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 30:15, the APB presents the term as “The leech” at the start of the saying. Its wording confirms the verse’s image without establishing finer nuance.