Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #5968 - עָלַף

Transliteration

‛âlaph

Phonetics

aw-laf'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

1634

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to cover

1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)

1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po); 639 ‑ ἀπορέω (ap‑or‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (5)

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Amos

Jonah

NAS (8)

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Amos

Jonah

HCS (5)

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Amos

Jonah

BSB (5)

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Amos

Jonah

WEB ( 0 )

WEB (5)

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Amos

Jonah

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2547) p l o (אהלפ AhLP) AC: Faint CO: ? AB: ?

V) p l o (אהלפ AhLP) - I. Faint: II. Cover:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (5): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Participle) faint, overlay, wrap - Strongs: H5968 (עָלַף)

o^f1) e p l f o (אהולפה AhWLPH) - Wilt: In the sense of fainting. KJV (1): fainted - Strongs: H5969 (עֻלְפֶּה)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָלַף not used in Kal; pr. to cover, to wrap up. (Arab. غَلَفَ, Gr. καλύπτω. Comp. עוּף No. 1.)

Pual

(1) to be covered, Song of Solomon 5:14.

(2) to languish, to faint (pr. to be covered with darkness, see synn. עָטָה, עָטַף ), Isaiah 51:20.

Hithpael

(1) to vail oneself, Genesis 38:14.

(2) i.q. Pual No. 2, to faint, to languish with heat, Jonah 4:8 with thirst, Amos 8:13.

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List of Word Forms

וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף ויתעלף ותתעלף מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת מעלפת עֻלְּפ֥וּ עלפו תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה תתעלפנה ‘ul·lə·p̄ū ‘ulləp̄ū mə‘ullep̄eṯ mə·‘ul·le·p̄eṯ meulLefet tiṯ‘allap̄nāh tiṯ·‘al·lap̄·nāh Titallafnah ulleFu vaiyitalLaf vattitalLaf wat·tiṯ·‘al·lāp̄ wattiṯ‘allāp̄ way·yiṯ·‘al·lāp̄ wayyiṯ‘allāp̄

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