Hebrew verb · H5965
עָלַס
alasaw-las'
to rejoice
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâlaç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5965is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5965
to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously
The King James renders it: [idiom] peacock, rejoice, solace self.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
alas is rendered "to rejoice". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Job 20:18יַעֲלֹֽס׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he will rejoice1
- it flaps joyously1
- let us delight ourselves1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יַעֲלֹֽס׃1
- נֶעֱלָ֑סָה1
- נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVNp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HVtc1cp
Job
two uses
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- יַעֲלֹֽס׃yaalosverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will rejoice
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
- נֶעֱלָ֑סָהneelasahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it flaps joyously
Proverbs
one use
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
- נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗הnitalesahverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us delight ourselves
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.