Hebrew verb · H5970
עָלַץ
alatsaw-lats'
to rejoice
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâlats
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5970is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5970
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
The King James renders it: be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
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
alats is rendered "to rejoice". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
1 Samuel 2:1עָלַ֤ץ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it rejoices2
- and I will exult1
- and let them exult1
- let it exult1
- may they exult1
- they exult1
- when rejoice1
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 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- בַּעֲלֹ֣ץ1
- וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה1
- וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ1
- יַעֲלֹ֥ץ1
- יַֽעַלְצ֖וּ1
- יַֽ֭עַלְצוּ1
- עָלַ֤ץ1
- תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1HC/Vqc1cs
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqj3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
1 Samuel
one use
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- עָלַ֤ץʾalatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it rejoices
1 Chronicles
one use
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
- יַעֲלֹ֥ץyaalotzverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it exult
Psalms
four uses
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
- וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּveya'letzuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and let them exult
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣הveeeltzahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will exult
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- יַֽעַלְצ֖וּyaaltzuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they exult
But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
- יַֽ֭עַלְצוּyaaltzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they exult
Proverbs
two uses
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
- תַּעֲלֹ֣ץtaalotzverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it rejoices
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- בַּעֲלֹ֣ץbaalotzpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when rejoice
The letters
Gematria 190· 1,000 mispar gadol
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.