Strong's Lexicon

H502

H502 — אָלַף

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

Hebrewalphverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 108

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H502
Word:	אָלַף
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root, to associate with
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	alph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-lof'
Meaning:	1. hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)
KJV Renderings:	learn, teach, utter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB501

I. [אָלַף] verb learn (Arabic [untranscribed source text 234] keep, cleave to, become familiar with; Aramaic אֲלַף, [untranscribed source text 235], learn, [untranscribed source text 236], Pa teach).

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular תֶּאֱלַף אֹרְחֹתָו֯ Prov 22:25

Pi`el teach, followed by accusative יְאַלֵּף פִּיךָ Job 15:5 (subject עֲוֺנְךָ); so Participle מַלְּפֵנוּ (for ׳ מְאַלְּ Sta^{§ lll, 3} Kö^{1, 388 Ge:§ 68} fin., compare Ew^{§ 73 b}) Job 35:11 followed by 2 accusative אֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה Job 33:33.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלף (ah-Laph’)

Proverbs 22:25

KJV: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

EHCC: Lest thou learn his ways,

Job 15:5

KJV: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.uttereth: Heb. teacheth

EHCC: thy mouth uftereth thine 1 ity, .

Job 88:33

EHCC: and 1 teach thee wisdom.

Job 35:11

KJV: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

EHCC: Who teacheth us more than the beasts