מָעַל

“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

Leviticus 5:15

• תִמְעֹ֣לtimolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will act unfaithfully

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

Leviticus 6:2

• וּמָעֲלָ֥הumaalahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will act unfaithfully

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Leviticus 26:40

• מָֽעֲלוּ־maalu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they acted unfaithfully

“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

Numbers 5:6

• לִמְעֹ֥לlimolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by acting unfaithfully

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Numbers 5:12

• וּמָעֲלָ֥הumaalahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will act unfaithfully

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

Numbers 5:27

• וַתִּמְעֹ֣לvatimolHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she has acted unfaithfully

For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

Deuteronomy 32:51

• מְעַלְתֶּ֜םmealtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you acted unfaithfully

The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

Joshua 7:1

• וַיִּמְעֲל֧וּvaiyimaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they acted unfaithfully

“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?

Joshua 22:16

• מְעַלְתֶּם֙mealtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have acted unfaithfully

Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”

Joshua 22:20

• מָ֤עַלmaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he act unfaithfully

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

Joshua 22:31

• מְעַלְתֶּ֥םmealtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have acted unfaithfully

The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

1 Chronicles 2:7

• מָעַ֖לmaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acted unfaithfully

They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 5:25

• וַיִּֽמְעֲל֔וּvaiyimaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they acted unfaithfully

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

1 Chronicles 10:13

• מָעַ֣לmaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had acted unfaithfully

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 12:2

• מָעֲל֖וּmaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had acted unfaithfully

But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 26:16

• וַיִּמְעַ֖לvaiyimalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he acted unfaithfully

They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

2 Chronicles 26:18

• מָעַ֔לְתָּmaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have acted unfaithfully

For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:19

• וּמָע֥וֹלumaolconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and he had acted unfaithfully
• מַ֖עַלmaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:22

• לִמְע֣וֹלlimolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to act unfaithfully

For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

2 Chronicles 29:6

• מָעֲל֣וּmaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they acted unfaithfully

Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

2 Chronicles 30:7

• מָעֲל֔וּmaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they acted unfaithfully

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:14

• לִמְעָלlimol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to act unfaithfully

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Ezra 10:2

• מָעַ֣לְנוּmaalnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted unfaithfully

Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

Ezra 10:10

• מְעַלְתֶּ֔םmealtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have acted unfaithfully

Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

Nehemiah 1:8

• תִּמְעָ֔לוּtimaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will act unfaithfully

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Nehemiah 13:27

• לִמְעֹ֖לlimolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to act unfaithfully

A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.

Proverbs 16:10

• יִמְעַל־yimal-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will act unfaithfully

“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:13

• לִמְעָל־limol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by acting unfaithfully

Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 15:8

• מָ֣עֲלוּmaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have acted unfaithfully

I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.

Ezekiel 17:20

• מָֽעַל־maal-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has acted unfaithfully

But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

Ezekiel 18:24

• מָעַ֛לmaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has acted unfaithfully

Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

Ezekiel 20:27

• בְּמַעֲלָ֥םbemaalampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when acted unfaithfully they

And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

Ezekiel 39:23

• מָֽעֲלוּ־maalu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had acted unfaithfully

They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

Ezekiel 39:26

• מָעֲלוּ־maalu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they acted unfaithfully

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

Daniel 9:7

• מָֽעֲלוּ־maalu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they acted unfaithfully