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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - and that you may recount and explain in the hearing of your son, and your grandson, what I have done [repeatedly] to make a mockery of the Egyptians—My signs [of divine power] which I have done among them—so that you may know [without any doubt] and recognize [clearly] that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now!”
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, for the orphan, and for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - The survivors [of Benjamin] turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel caught five thousand of them on the roads and overtook them at Gidom and killed two thousand of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 - “Why then do you harden your hearts [allowing pride to cause your downfall] just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them and mocked them, did they not allow the people [of Israel] to go, and they departed?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised [Philistines] will come and pierce me through and abuse and mock me.” But his armor bearer would not, because he was terrified [of doing such a thing]. So [fn]Saul took his sword and fell on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised [Philistines] will come and abuse and humiliate me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 -

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]

And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 -

Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,

Or to practice deeds of wickedness

With men who plan and do evil;

And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 -

O My people! Children are their oppressors,

And women rule over them.

O My people! Your leaders lead you astray

And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 -

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“They will thoroughly gather like [fruit on] a vine what is left of Israel;

Pass your hand [over the vine] again and again [Babylon, tool of destruction] like a grape gatherer,

Over the branches [stripping the tendrils off the vine].”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews [my former subjects] who have deserted to join the Chaldeans, for the enemy may put me into their hand and they will mock me and abuse me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 -

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass this way?

Look and see if there is any pain like my pain

Which was severely dealt out to me,

Which the LORD has inflicted [on me] on the day of His fierce anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:22 -

“Let all their wickedness come before You;

And deal with them as You have dealt with me

Because of all my transgressions;

For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 -

See, O LORD, and look!

With whom have You dealt this way?

Should women eat their offspring,

The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?

Should priest and prophet be killed

In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:51 -

My eyes [see things that] bring pain to my soul

Because of all the daughters of my city.

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