עֲלִילָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5949

wantonness — used 24 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

wantonness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲלִילָה: n.f. wantonness, deed tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. wantonness, deed;—abs. ע׳ ψ 14:1; 66:5; elsewhere pl. עֲלִלוֹת 1 S 2:3 ψ 141:4; cstr. עֲלִילֹת Dt 22:14, 17; sf. עֲלִילוֹתֶיךָ ψ 77:13, עֲלִילוֹתָם Zp 3:7 +, etc.;— wantonness, ע׳ דְּבָרִים Dt 22:14, 17 wantonness of words, i.e. baseless charges (cf. Di, especially Dr). deed: in gen., of men 1 S 2:3. of י׳ (only ψψ) ψ 9:12 = 105:1 = Is 12:4 = 1 Ch 16:8, ψ 77:13 (‖ פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ), 78:11 (‖ נִפְלְאוֹתָיו), 103:7; נוֹרָא ע׳ עַל 66:5 he is terrible in deed toward, etc. usually practices = evil deeds (especially Ez 8 times): Ez 14:22, 23; 20:43; 24:14; 36:17, 19 (all ‖ דֶּרֶךְ), fully ע׳ הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת 20:44 (‖ ד׳ הָרָעִים); 21:29 Zp 3:11; הִשְׁחִיתוּ כָּל־ע׳ v 7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: deeds (11); practices (8); to (3).

In the verses

Psalms 66:5 · tree →

לְכ֣וּ וּ֭רְאוּ מִפְעֲל֣וֹת אֱלֹהִ֑ים נוֹרָ֥א עֲ֝לִילָ֗ה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

Word for word: come and see the.works of.God awesome deed on the.children of.humankind

JPS 1917: Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

Psalms 78:11 · tree →

וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃

Word for word: and they.forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had.shown.them

JPS 1917: And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.

On Mova

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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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