עָלַף
a.laph
“to enwrap”
Definition
to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid
a primitive root;
- to cover 1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint
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Occurrences
עָלַף appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Your sons have fainted;they lie at the head of every street,like an antelope in a net.They are full of the wrath of the LORD,the rebuke of your God.
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
His arms are rods of goldset with beryl.His body is an ivory panelbedecked with sapphires.
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