עֲלִילʻălîyl

furnace, crucible, apparently noun [masculine], usually, but wholly dubious (Psalms 12:7)

Pronunciation: al-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5948

Same root

עָלַלʻâlal · H5953to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Psalms 12:6 The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.

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).