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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

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1634

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 (Kö^{ii. 1, 118}), all the trees have fainted for (עַל) him (so Greek Version of the LXX

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.

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Strong's Number H5968 matches the Hebrew עָלַף (ʿālap̄),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Gen 38:14 - And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself,^H5968 and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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Sng 5:14 - His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid^H5968 with sapphires.

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Isa 51:20 - Thy sons have fainted,^H5968 they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

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Amo 8:13 - In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint^H5968 for thirst.

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Jon 4:8 - And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted,^H5968 and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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