מַעַלmaʻal
unfaithful, treacherous act
Pronunciation: mah'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4604
Meanings
1. against man (Job 21:34; Numbers 5:12; Numbers 5:27)
2. elsewhere against God (Joshua 22:22; 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 29:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 5:15 “If one of you commits a sin by unintentionally defiling the Lord’s sacred property, you must bring a guilt offering to the Lord. The offering must be your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value with silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.
- Leviticus 6:2 “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,
- Leviticus 26:40 “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
- Numbers 5:6 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the Lord by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.
- Numbers 5:12 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she is unfaithful to her husband
- Numbers 5:27 If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will become a curse among her people.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).