אָלַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H444

be corrupt — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be corrupt tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָלַח: vb. be corrupt tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. only be corrupt morally; tainted (Che ψ 14:3) (cf. Arabic أَلَخَ viii. be confused (of a thing), of milk, turn sour) Pf. 3 pl. נֶאֱלָ֑חוּ ψ 14:3; 53:4; Pt. נֶאֱלָח a corrupt man Jb 15:16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are corrupt (2); [one who is] corrupt (1).

In the verses

Job 15:16 · tree →

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃

Word for word: indeed? (dm) [one.who.is].abhorrent and [one.who.is].corrupt a.person [who].drinks like (the) water unrighteousness

JPS 1917: How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!

Psalms 14:3 · tree →

הַכֹּ֥ל סָר֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב אֵ֝֗ין גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃

Word for word: (the) everyone he.turns.aside all.together they.are.corrupt there.[is].not [one.who].does (of).good there.[is].not also one

JPS 1917: They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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