Lexicon alas: to rejoice Original Word: עָלַסPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: alas Phonetic Spelling: (aw-las') Short Definition: delight NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto rejoice NASB Translationdelight (1), enjoy (1), flap joyously (1). 
 Brown-Driver-Briggs   [ עָלַס]   verb rejoice ("" with  עָלַז,  עָלַץ, q. v.; Late Hebrew  עֲלִיסָה rejoicing (once Levy NHWB iii. 657)); —  Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲלֹס Job 20:18 he shall not rejoice.  Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נֶעֱלָ֑סָה Job 39:13 (of ostrich's wing) = flap joyously.  Hithpa`el Imperfect1plural cohortative נִתְעַלְּסָה Proverbs 7:18 let us delight ourselves in (ב) love. 
 
 
 
  Strong's Exult, wave joyously A primitive root; to leap for joy, i.e. Exult, wave joyously -- X peacock, rejoice, solace self.   |  
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