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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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