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Lexicon :: Strong's H5953 - ʿālal

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עָלַל
Transliteration
ʿālal
Pronunciation
aw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1627,1627b,16

Strong’s Definitions

עָלַל ʻâlal, aw-lal'; a primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal):—abuse, affect, × child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5953 in the following manner: glean (4x), done (3x), abuse (3x), mock (2x), affecteth (1x), children (1x), do (1x), defiled (1x), practise (1x), throughly (1x), wrought wonderfully (1x), wrought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5953 in the following manner: glean (4x), done (3x), abuse (3x), mock (2x), affecteth (1x), children (1x), do (1x), defiled (1x), practise (1x), throughly (1x), wrought wonderfully (1x), wrought (1x).

  1. to act severely, deal with severely, make a fool of someone

    1. (Poel) to act severely

    2. (Poal) to be severely dealt with

    3. (Hithpael) to busy oneself, divert oneself, deal wantonly, deal ruthlessly, abuse (by thrusting through)

    4. (Hithpoel) to practise practices, thrust forth (in wickedness)

  2. (Poel) to glean

  3. (Poel) to act or play the child

  4. (Poel) to insert, thrust, thrust in, thrust upon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָלַל ʻâlal, aw-lal'; a primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal):—abuse, affect, × child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
STRONGS H5953: Abbreviations
† I. [עָלַל] verb
Po`ēl, act severely (toward) (Late Hebrew id., deal with (rare), and derivatives; Arabic bdb075903 do a thing (drink, beat, give) a second time, II. divert, occupy, see divert, occupy oneself with (food, a woman, etc.); Syriac bdb075904 cause, occasion, affair); — act severely, always with ל person: Perfect 2nd person masculine singular עוֺלַלְתָּ לִי Lamentations 1:22 as thou hast acted severely to me (in punishment, subjectי׳); לְמִי ע׳ Lamentations 2:20 to whom hast thou acted thus severely ? 3rd person feminine singular עֵינִי עוֺלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:51 my eye deals severely with me, i.e. gives me pain (?; text dubious; compare PerlesAnal. 18 Bu). Imperative masculine singular עוֺלֵל לָמוֺ Lamentations 1:22 deal severely with them. — See also ע׳ denominative below.
Pō`al Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מַכְאֹבִי אֲשֶׁר עוֺלַל לִי Lamentations 1:12 my pain which is severely dealt out to me.
Hithpa. Perfect
1. busy, divert oneself with (compare Arabic see), always with ב person: 1st person singular אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר חִתְעַלַּלְתִּי בְּ׳ Exodus 10:2 (J) how I [י׳] have made a toy of Egypt; especially deal wantonly, ruthlessly with (ב person): 3rd person masculine singular הִתְעַלֵּל 1 Samuel 6:6; 2nd person feminine singular הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ Numbers 22:29 (J E; Balsaam's ass); 3rd person plural וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; Jeremiah 38:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּתְעַלְּלוּקּבָהּ Judges 19:25 (of abusing a woman; || וַיֵּדְעוּ אֹתָהּ).
Hithpō`. Infinitive construct לֵהִתְעוֺלֵל עֲלִלוֺר Psalm 141:4 to practise practices in wickedness (perhaps denominative).

† [עָלַל] verb denominative.
Pō`. glean (grapes or olives; לִמֵּט of grain); — Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תְּעוֺלֵל Leviticus 19:10 (object כֶּרֶם; || תְּלַקֵּט), Deuteronomy 24:21 (absolute, + אַחֲרֶיךָ); 3rd person masculine plural figurative (+ Infinitive absolute) עוֺלֵל יְעוֺלְלוּ כַגֶּפֶן שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 6:9; וַיְעֹלְלֻהוּ Judges 20:45 they made a gleaning of them (i. e. smote the fugitives).

† [עָלַל] verb denominative act or play the child; — only
Po`. Participle עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֺלֵל Isaiah 3:12 my people — its ruler is acting the child.

† III. [עָלַל] verb insert, thrust in (Arabic bdb076001, whence bdb076002 yoke; compare Old Aramaic עלל, Targum עֲלַל, Syriac bdb076003, all enter); — only
Pō`. Perfect 1st person singular וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי Job 16:15 figurative of humiliation.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5954.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:2

Leviticus

19:10

Numbers

22:29

Deuteronomy

24:21

Judges

19:25; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:6; 31:4

1 Chronicles

10:4

Job

16:15

Psalms

141:4

Isaiah

3:12

Jeremiah

6:9; 38:19

Lamentations

1:12; 1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 3:51

H5953

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Strong's Number H5953 matches the Hebrew עָלַל (ʿālal),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - “and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - Then they[fn] turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 - “Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, that they might depart?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me.” But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me.” But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And laid my head[fn] in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel;
As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Behold and see
If there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
Which has been brought on me,
Which the LORD has inflicted
In the day of His fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:22 - “Let all their wickedness come before You,
And do to them as You have done to me
For all my transgressions;
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “See, O LORD, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
Should the women eat their offspring,
The children they have cuddled?[fn]
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:51 - My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
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