עָלַל
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
act the child tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עָלַל³: vb. denom. act play the child Pōʿ. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. denom. act or play the child;—only Pōʿ. Pt. עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֹלֵל Is 3:12 my people—its ruler is acting the child.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I have inserted (1); [is] acting like children (1).
In the verses
שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃
Word for word: sackcloth I.have.sewed over skin my and I.have.inserted in the dust horn my
JPS 1917: I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑וֹ עַמִּי֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ס
Word for word: people my oppressors its [is].acting.like.children and women they.have.ruled over it my.people my guides your [are].leading.astray and the.way your.paths your they.have.confused
JPS 1917: As for My people, a babe is their master, and women rule over them. O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
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