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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
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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 of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs 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 strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: 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 made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then 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 strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, 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 listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. Five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways. And they were pursued hard to Gidom, and 2,000 men of them were struck down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 - Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid my strength in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity,
and let me not eat of their delicacies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[fn] the course 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 glean thoroughly as a vine
the remnant of Israel;
like a grape gatherer pass your hand again
over its branches.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with 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?
Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought upon me,
which the LORD inflicted
on the day of his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:22 - “Let all their evildoing 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Look, O LORD, and see!
With whom have you dealt thus?
Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children of their tender care?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:51 - my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
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