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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Gen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - she took off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His arms are rods of gold,
set with jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[fn]
bedecked with sapphires.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - Your sons have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net;
they are full of the wrath of the LORD,
the rebuke of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - “In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
shall faint for thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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