BDB4767
מָעַל verb act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word ( P Ezra, Chronicles), chiefly late (Late Hebrew id., act unfaithfully; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3058] whisper, backbite, [untranscribed source text 3059] perfidy, fraud); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular מָעַל
Josh 22:20 + 4
t.; 3 feminine singular מָֽעֲלָה
Lev 5:21; Num 5:12 + 13 t.
Perfect; Imperfect
יִמְעַל
Prov 16:10;
2Chr 26:16 3
feminine singular תִּמְעֹל
Lev 5:15; Num 5:27 3 masculine
plural יִמְעֲלוּ
Josh 7:1,
וַיִּמְעֲלוּ
1Chr 5:25 2
masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑לוּ
Neh 1:8
Infinitive construct
לִמְעֹל, so read for HCT למסר
Num 31:16
Thes
Di; — act unfaithfully, treacherously, usually
1.
מָעַל מַ֫עַל:
a. absolute בַּחֵרֶם
in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Josh 7:1 (
J
E
),
Josh
22:20 (
P
), compare
Lev
5:15 (
P
),
2Chr
36:14;
Ezek 14:13;
Ezek 15:8; Ezek 18:24.
b. wife against (בְּ) husband
Num 5:12;
Num 5:27 (
P
; marital infidelity).
c. elsewhere against (בְּ) God, Lev 26:40 (
H
), Lev
5:21
; Num 5:6; Num 31:16
(?)
Josh 22:16
;
Josh 22:31
(all
P
),
1Chr
10:13;
1Chr 28:19; Ezek 17:20; Ezek 20:27; Ezek 39:26; Dan 9:7.
2. usage without מַעַל (only late):
a.
במשׁפט לא ימעל פיו
Prov 16:10
let not his (the king's) mouth act treacherously against justice
(
RV
in judgment).
b. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Deut 32:51 (
P
),
1Chr
5:25
; 1Chr
12:2
; 1Chr
26:22
;
1Chr 30:7
;
without בְּ, 2Chr 26:18; 2Chr 29:6; Ezra 10:10; Neh 1:8
בַּחֵרֶם
1Chr 2:7.