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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 so that you may tell[fn] your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 -

“Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 -

Balaam answered the donkey, “You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 -

“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean what is left. What remains will be for the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 -

But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and took her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning. At daybreak they let her go.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 -

Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to Rimmon Rock, and Israel killed five thousand men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck two thousand more dead.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 -

“Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When he afflicted them, didn’t they send Israel away, and Israel left?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 -

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me! ” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then 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, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 -

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;

I have buried my strength[fn] in the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 -

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing

or perform wicked acts with evildoers.

Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 -

Youths oppress my people,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders mislead you;

they confuse the direction of your paths.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 -

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Glean the remnant of Israel

as thoroughly as a vine.

Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer

over the branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 -

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am worried about the Judeans who have defected to the Chaldeans. They may hand me over to the Judeans to abuse me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 -

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?

Look and see!

Is there any pain like mine,

which was dealt out to me,

which the LORD made me suffer

on the day of his burning 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 I am sick at heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 -

LORD, look and consider

to whom you have done this.

Should women eat their own children,

the infants they have nurtured?[fn]

Should priests and prophets

be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:51 -

My eyes bring me grief

because of the fate of all the women in my city.

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