Strong's Lexicon

H444

H444 — אָלַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewalachverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 98

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H444
Word:	אָלַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	alach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-lakh'
Meaning:	1. to muddle 2. (figuratively and intransitive) to turn 3. (morally) corrupt
KJV Renderings:	become filthy.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB479

[אָלַח] verb only

Niph`al be corrupt morally; tainted (Che Ps 14:3) (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 226] VIII. be confused (of a thing), of milk, turn sour) Perfect 3 plural נֶאֱלָ֑חוּ Ps 14:3; Ps 53:4 Participle נֶאֱלָח a corrupt man Job 15:16.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלח (ah-lagh’)

Psalms 14:3

KJV: They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.filthy: Heb. stinking

EHCC: are (all) together become filthy:

Psalms 38:8

KJV: I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

EHCC: (4). they are altogether become filthy ;

Job 15:16

KJV: How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

EHCC: much more abominable and filthy (is)