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Lexicon :: Strong's H5968 - ʿālap̄

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עָלַף
Transliteration
ʿālap̄
Pronunciation
aw-laf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1634

Strong’s Definitions

עָלַף ʻâlaph, aw-laf'; a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid:—faint, overlaid, wrap self.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5968 in the following manner: faint (3x), overlaid (1x), wrapped (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5968 in the following manner: faint (3x), overlaid (1x), wrapped (1x).
  1. to cover

    1. (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)

    2. (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָלַף ʻâlaph, aw-laf'; a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid:—faint, overlaid, wrap self.
STRONGS H5968: Abbreviations
† [עָלַף] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., cover, faint; Arabic bdb076301 smear, II. cover, bdb076302 sheath; Assyrian elpitu, pining, exhaustion); —
Pu. Participle feminine covered, encrusted, construct מְעֻלֶּפֶת Songs 5:14 his belly if ivory encrusted with sapphires. Perfect 3rd person plural בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ Isaiah 51:20 thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured = have swooned away; so also Ezekiel 31:15, reading 3rd person feminine singular עֻלָּ֑פָה for substantive עֻלְפֶּה (Köii. 1, 118), all the trees have fainted for (עַל) him (so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Hi Co and others).
Hithp. enwrap oneself, Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Genesis 38:14 (J); = swoon away, 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Jonah 4:8; 3rd person feminine plural תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה Amos 8:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:14

Song of Songs

5:14

Isaiah

51:20

Ezekiel

31:15

Amos

8:13

Jonah

4:8

H5968

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5968 matches the Hebrew עָלַף (ʿālap̄),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - quae depositis viduitatis vestibus adsumpsit theristrum et mutato habitu sedit in bivio itineris quod ducit Thamnam eo quod crevisset Sela et non eum accepisset maritum
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - manus illius tornatiles aureae plenae hyacinthis venter eius eburneus distinctus sapphyris
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - filii tui proiecti sunt dormierunt in capite omnium viarum sicut bestia inlaqueata pleni indignatione Domini increpatione Dei tui
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - in die illa deficient virgines pulchrae et adulescentes in siti
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - et cum ortus fuisset sol praecepit Dominus vento calido et urenti et percussit sol super caput Ionae et aestuabat et petivit animae suae ut moreretur et dixit melius est mihi mori quam vivere
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