H5968: עָלַף
ʻâlaph · pronounced aw-laf' · “to enwrap”
Definition
to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid
KJV translates it as: faint, overlaid, wrap self.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5968 is translated
- she wrapped herself up ×1
- covered ×1
- they have become faint ×1
- they will become faint ×1
- he became faint ×1
Bible verses with H5968 (ʻâlaph)
ʻâlaph appears in 5 verses.
- Genesis 38:14
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
- Isaiah 51:20
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
- Amos 8:13
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
- Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.