עָלַלʻâlal

עָלַל: Po`el: act severely (Lamentations 1:22; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 3:51)

Pronunciation: aw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5953

Meanings

Po`al: severely dealt out (Lamentations 1:12)

Hithpa`el

1. busy, divert oneself (Exodus 10:2; 1 Samuel 6:6; Numbers 22:29)

Hithpo`el: to practise practices (Psalms 141:4)

עָלַל: Po`el: glean, (grapes or olives; לִפֵּט of grain) (Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:21; Jeremiah 6:9)

עָלַל: act or play the child

Po`.: my people — its ruler is acting the child (Isaiah 3:12)

עָלַל: insert, thrust in

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 10:2 I’ve also done it so you can tell your children and grandchildren about how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and about the signs I displayed among them—and so you will know that I am the Lord.”
  • Leviticus 19:10 It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.
  • Numbers 22:29 “You have made me look like a fool!” Balaam shouted. “If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”
  • Deuteronomy 24:21 When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don’t glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
  • Judges 19:25 But they wouldn’t listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go.
  • Judges 20:45 The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.
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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).