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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5966 - עָלַע

Transliteration

ʻâlaʻ

Phonetics

aw-lah'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1633

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to suck up (meaning uncertain)
1. (Piel) to drink

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4125 ‑ πλευρά (plyoo‑rah'); 402 ‑ ἀναχωρέω (an‑akh‑o‑reh'‑o); 2928 ‑ κρύπτω (kroop'‑to);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Job 1

BSB (1)

Job 1

CSB (0)

Job 1

ESV (1)

Job 1

KJV (1)

Job 1

LEB (1)

Job 1

LSB (2)

Job 2

N95 (1)

Job 1

NAS (3)

Job 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Job 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2546) o l o (אהלאה AhLAh) AC: Suck CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ol- as the work of the throat]

V) o l o (אהלאה AhLAh) - Suck: KJV (1): (vf: Piel) suck - Strongs: H5966 (עָלַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[עָלַע] verb assumed as √ of

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְעַלְע דלִאוּ לַ בֻדָֿ֑ם Job 39:30 they drink (?) blood, but read probably יְלַעְלְעוּ (√ I. לוּעַ) Thes Ol De Me Di and others

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָלַע a root of very doubtful authority, which has been regarded as the same as לוּעַ to swallow down, to suck in; and hence has been derived fut. Piel יְעַלְעוּ they trill suck in, Job 39:30. But I suspect the true reading may be לעלעו (י being changed into ל, a letter of the same form only larger), i.e. לַעְלְעוּ (or לֶעִלְעוּ) they sip up eagerly, pret. Pilel (a form frequently used to indicate rapid motion).

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List of Word Forms

יְעַלְעוּ־ יעלעו־ yə‘al‘ū- yə·‘al·‘ū- yealu