502. alaph

Strong's Concordance

alaph: to learn

Original Word: אָלַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alaph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lof')
Definition: to learn

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to learn
NASB Translation
learn (1), teach (1), teaches (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [אָלַף] verb learn (Arabic keep, cleave to, become familiar with; Aramaic אֲלַף, , learn, , Pa teach).

Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תֶּאֱלַף אֹרְחֹתָו֯ Proverbs 22:25;

Pi`el teach, followed by accusative יְאַלֵּף מִּיךָ Job 15:5 (subject עֲוֺנְךָ); so Participle מַלְּפֵנוּ (for ׳מְאַלְּ Sta^{§ lll, 3} Kö^{1, 388 Ge:§ 68} fin., compare Ew^{§ 73 b}) Job 35:11; followed by 2accusative אֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה Job 33:33.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

learn, teach, utter

A primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach) -- learn, teach, utter.

Forms and Transliterations

וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ֥ ואאלפך יְאַלֵּ֣ף יאלף מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מלפנו תֶּאֱלַ֥ף תאלף mal·lə·p̄ê·nū Mallefenu malləp̄ênū te’ĕlap̄ te·’ĕ·lap̄ teeLaf vaaallefCha wa’ă’allep̄ḵā wa·’ă·’al·lep̄·ḵā yə’allêp̄ yə·’al·lêp̄ yealLef

Englishman's Concordance

Job 15:5
HEB: כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֹנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ
NAS: For your guilt teaches your mouth,
KJV: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,
INT: for teaches your guilt your mouth

Job 33:33
HEB: לִ֑י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ֥ חָכְמָֽה׃ ס
NAS: to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
KJV: unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
INT: listen Keep will teach wisdom

Job 35:11
HEB: מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ
NAS: Who teaches us more than the beasts
KJV: Who teacheth us more than the beasts
INT: teaches the beasts of the earth

Proverbs 22:25
HEB: פֶּן־ תֶּאֱלַ֥ף [אָרְחָתֹו כ]
NAS: Or you will learn his ways And find
KJV: Lest thou learn his ways, and get
INT: Or will learn manner and find

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 502
4 Occurrences

mal·lə·p̄ê·nū — 1 Occ.
te·’ĕ·lap̄ — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·’al·lep̄·ḵā — 1 Occ.
yə·’al·lêp̄ — 1 Occ.