◄ H5968 ►
עלף
Transliteration
alaph;
Pronunciation
aw-laf'
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
a primitive root
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1634
KJV Translation Count — 5x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: faint (3), overlaid (1), wrapped (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to cover
a. (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)
b. (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint
Strong's Definitions
`alaph, aw-laf'; a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid: — faint, overlaid, wrap self.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and H5968 herself, 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.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory H5968 with sapphires.
Thy sons have H5968ed, 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.
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 H5968ed, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.